Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
$21.99 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.
It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a min- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 20, 2016
- ISBN10: 031620059X
- Language: English
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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
$32.00 Add to cartThe Instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller!
Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events o- Series: Bill O’Reilly’s Killing
- Author: O’Reilly, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250283329
- Language: English
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Empire and Frontier: Colonel Peter Schuyler and the Valiant Iroquois in King William’s War: 1689-1701
$29.95 Read more- Author: Marquis, Samuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897101542
- Language: English
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Early American Writing
$26.00 Add to cartDrawing materials from journals and diaries, political documents and religious sermons, prose and poetry, Giles Gunn’s anthology provides a panoramic survey of early American life and literature–incl… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140390871
- Language: English
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The Stamp ACT and the American Revolution
$29.95 Read moreThe Stamp Act and the American Revolution tells the story of the Stamp Act controversy of 1764 to 1766, widely considered to be the most influential event in the run-up to American independence from G… [more below]
- Series: Journal of the American Revolution Books
- Author: Shumate, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1594164606
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings
$14.99 Add to cartExplore the memoirs of one of the most inventive Americans in history.
A fascinating and unconventionally educated man, Benjamin Franklin imparts–in his own words–wisdom and remarkable life lessons- Series: Word Cloud Classics
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1684122899
- Language: English
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Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
$21.99 Add to cartIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch,
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 132413058X
- Language: English
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A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Tudor and Stuart England
$29.95 Read moreA glittering new history of how the Americas transformed the Tudors and Stuarts that provides a fresh understanding the cultural exchange between the “Old” and “New” worlds.
From rumors of lost Amazon- Author: Working, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100248
- Language: English
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Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father
$28.00 Add to cartFINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE
The true story of a Founding Father: a new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author of Astoria.
“Lively,
- Author: Stark, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0062845993
- Language: English
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The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World
$29.95 Add to cartA landmark account of the origins of American slavery, revealing how ancient Roman ideas were used to defend the establishment of a slave empire in the English Atlantic world.
The period from 1550 to- Author: Harpham, John Samuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0674278372
- Language: English
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
$18.00 Read more“‘The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ‘ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”–Wall Street Journal
A master- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130064
- Language: English
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
$20.00 Add to cartIn a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that … [more below]
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2005
- ISBN10: 1400078679
- Language: English
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Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 Bancroft Prize: A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America
“By making what we thought was a small story very large indeed–M- Series: The Henry Roe Cloud American Indians and Modernity
- Author: Brooks, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0300244320
- Language: English
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Newcomers: The Story of Anthony and Grietje and the Founding of New York
$29.95 Add to cartA man thought to be a Muslim from Morocco and a German barmaid fleeing poverty are hardly the images we have of America’s august founders. In Newcomers, Alan Mikhail upends the traditional story of Am
- Author: Mikhail, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1324095830
- Language: English
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The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials
$22.00 Add to cart- Author: Starkey, Marion L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 05 1969
- ISBN10: 0385035098
- Language: English
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The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
$20.00 Add to cartUSA Today Bestseller
Timed for the 250th anniversary of America’s revolution and founding: Paul Revere’s heroic ride and its aftermath On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti- Author: Kennedy, Kostya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1250341396
- Language: English
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The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
$20.00 Add to cartThe most important personal accounts of the Plymouth Colony, the key sources of Nathaniel Philbrick’s New York Times bestseller Mayflower
National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick and his father- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143104985
- Language: English
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A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic
$24.99 Add to cartIt was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one th… [more below]
- Author: Ferling, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 558
- Publish Date: October 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0195176006
- Language: English
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Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History
$39.99 Add to cartAlthough the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In a work distinguished not only by its original research but by its “p
- Author: Fisher, Linford D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1324094958
- Language: English
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Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
$27.00 Add to cartA revelatory look at the separation of church and state in America–from the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Influenza
For four hundred years, Americans have fought over the proper rela- Author: Barry, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122886
- Language: English
