Topical/Civil War
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Farnsworth’s Classical English Style
$28.95 Read more“An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can.”–Wall Street Journal
Say it with style–on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hund- Series: Farnsworth’s Classical English #3
- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1567926657
- Language: English
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Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story
$12.95 Add to cartThe true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.
Growing up a slave in South Carolin
- Author: Halfmann, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1600609864
- Language: English
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The Portable Frederick Douglass
$25.00 Add to cartA new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick D… [more below]- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0143106813
- Language: English
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My Dearest Lilla: Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox
$29.95 Add to cartJacob D. Cox experienced more facets of the Civil War than most officers: by land and sea, in both Western and Eastern Theaters, among the inner political circles of Ohio and Washington, DC, in territ… [more below]
- Series: Voices of the Civil War
- Author: Schmiel, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 162190797X
- Language: English
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The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
$32.95 Add to cart“In this groundbreaking study, author John L. Hopkins deftly examines the reunion through the lens of the veterans within the context of society, politics, and the national mood at the time.” — Scott… [more below]
- Author: Hopkins, John L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216842
- Language: English
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A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
$16.95 Read more“I highly recommend reading this supplement in conjunction with Ms. Stowe’s novel to gain a better understanding of the history of our nation.” — The Literary South
In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publi- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 0486794822
- Language: English
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Freedom at the Falls
$7.99 Add to cartOver 1 million sold in series
When they step into the Imagination Station, kids experience an unforgettable journey filled with action-packed adventure to inspire their imaginations. With each book, t… [more below]
- Series: Imagination Station Books #22
- Author: Hering, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1646070100
- Language: English
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book
$8.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Moja Means One introduces children to counting in Swahili with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narr… [more below]- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Feelings, Muriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0140546626
- Language: English
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The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Read moreThe National Book Award finalist by Christopher Paul Curtis
Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died and Cap’n Buck — the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South
- Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 054515667X
- Language: English
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Lincoln: A Photobiography
$13.99 Add to cartIn this gripping account of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln, award-winning writer Russell Freedman brings to life the presidential years, scholarly thoughts and r… [more below]
- Author: Freedman, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 1989
- ISBN10: 0395518482
- Language: English
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Outrageous Women of Civil War Times
$14.95 Add to cartFascinating true stories of the most amazing women in American history
They were pioneers and trailblazers, spies and ex-slaves, reformers and first ladies. They became America’s first women nurses, … [more below]
- Series: Outrageous Women #7
- Author: Furbee, Mary Rodd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: April 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0471229261
- Language: English
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To the Front!: Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam
$18.99 Read moreThis powerful tribute to Civil War nurse Clara Barton and her heroic efforts during the Battle of Antietam reveals how she earned the name “The Angel of the Battlefield,” and shows the beginnings of h… [more below]
- Author: Friddell, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1635923220
- Language: English
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The Scoop on Clothes, Homes, and Daily Life in Colonial America
$8.99 Read moreTravel back to a time when: All children wore dresses even boys. Chasing a pig was a form of entertainment. Step into the lives of the colonists, and get the scoop on clothes, homes, and daily life in… [more below]
- Series: Life in the American Colonies
- Author: Raum, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1515797465
- Language: English
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Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
$18.99 Read moreIn this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates-and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. Thi… [more below]
- Author: Castrovilla, Selene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1635925827
- Language: English
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The Swindler’s Treasure: Volume 4
$10.99 Read moreCaptain Norstad stood up to a swindler, but now he might lose the riverboat they all love.
“Sometimes there’s a cost for doing the right thing,” Captain Norstad stated. Will he and the other Freedom Se
- Series: Freedom Seekers #04
- Author: Johnson, Lois Walfrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802407196
- Language: English
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The Fiddler’s Secret: Volume 6
$10.99 Read moreWhen winter draws near, how will the Christina escape the untimely, fast-approaching ice storm?
In the dark of night come the rapid strokes of the ship’s bell, dense fog, and the slap of paddlewheels a
- Series: Freedom Seekers #06
- Author: Johnson, Lois Walfrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802407218
- Language: English
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Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring: A Spy on History Book
$9.95 Add to cartYour Mission: Find Mary’s secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes
It’s a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the- Series: Spy on History
- Author: Alberti, Enigma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1523507713
- Language: English
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Papa’s Mark
$18.99 Read moreIn this timely reissue, a father and son help their community claim the right to vote in the post Civil-War South.
A son teaches his father how to write his name so he can vote for the first time in t- Author: Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 823453707
- Language: English
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Bull Run
$9.99 Add to cartWinner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book
In this brilliant fictional tour de force, which the New York Times called “a deft
- Author: Fleischman, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 31 1995
- ISBN10: 0064405885
- Language: English
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Midnight Rescue: Volume 3
$11.99 Read moreShe failed her friend and risked his safety. Will Libby’s mistake destroy their mission?
The Christina steams south while Caleb and Jordan finalize their plans. But someone overhears Libby talking abou
- Series: Freedom Seekers #03
- Author: Johnson, Lois Walfrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802407188
- Language: English
