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Battle Cry of Freedom Best Price: $18.91 This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years... | Man's Rise to Civilization: The Cultural Ascent of the Indians of North America Best Price: $39.95 If you're like me and prefer to be presented with facts with which to make your own... | The Portable Abraham Lincoln (Portable Library) Best Price: $2.87 There are several anthologies of selections from Abraham Lincoln's writings available. But... | American Military History: A Survey From Colonial Times to the Present Best Price: $44.48 in a little worse condition than I thought it would be. But still just fine. | The American Journey: Concise Edition, Combined Volume Best Price: $4.55 The book came. It was the book I ordered, it was in perfect condition, it had the attached CD,... |
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The Look of the Land | The Gilded Age: Or the Hazard of New Functions Best Price: $63.99 There are surprisingly few general histories of the time between the Civil War and the... | Primary Source: Documents in U.S. History, Volume 1 Best Price: $15.99 | Battle Cry of Freedom Best Price: $18.91 This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years... | Man's Rise to Civilization: The Cultural Ascent of the Indians of North America Best Price: $39.95 If you're like me and prefer to be presented with facts with which to make your own... |
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The Portable Abraham Lincoln (Portable Library) Best Price: $2.87 There are several anthologies of selections from Abraham Lincoln's writings available. But... | We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi Best Price: $109.52 This is a story of domestic terrorism. In this book we have domestic terrorists posing as... | Child Life in Colonial Days One of this well known author's best works, this charming volume is profusely illustrated... | From the Crash to the Blitz, 1929-1939 In unforgettable words and images, Cabell Phillips takes the reader from the crash of the stock... | Texas and Texans A textbook for a Texas studies course on a seventh grade level, with units on Texan history,... |
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The Unofficial Guide to San Francisco (Unofficial Guides) Best Price: $0.94 I've bought several of the Unofficial Guides and they are my first choice in travel books. ... | The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Vietnam War Best Price: $1.10 A lot of books, movies, commentaries, editorials, etc. have been written about the Vietnam War... | Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. 2 Vol. Set Best Price: $385.00 | Americans At War: Society, Culture, And The Homefront: 001 | Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech Best Price: $4.50 Cass Sunstein begins with a thesis that is very simple. I'd explain it like this.... |
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Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Best Price: $13.54 Stephen Oates is an outstanding narrative historian and a first-rate biographer. In this volume,... | Running as a Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics Best Price: $3.00 The authors show just how women politicians tapped into the vote for the 1992 elections and how... | Confederate States of America | The REAL ANITA HILL Best Price: $0.99 Now that David Brock has admitted that his book was essentially a compilation of lies about... | Theories of History "Theories of History" edited by Patrick Gardiner, is a book of essays written by... |
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Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers Best Price: $7.64 This historical exploration denotes the uneasy alliance between black soldiers and white... | Refighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953 Best Price: $5.00 This is a good text that highlights the (5)critical players and (6) command decisions that were... | Double Lives: Spies and Writers in the Secret Soviet War of Ideas Against the West Best Price: $29.94 Stephen Koch's largely unheralded 1994 volume Double Lives, subtitled Spies and Writers in... | Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military Best Price: $39.80 America's military has always touted itself as being the bastion of equal opportunity for... | Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents Best Price: $88.88 Thirty years ago Richard Neustadt published "Presidential Power", which became a... |
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A Question of Character : A Life of John F Kennedy Best Price: $4.00 Reeves certainly has the background to write a Kennedy book. In fact, Paul Johnson quoted... | America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 Best Price: $13.87 Crosby's classic study of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic-- while recently supplemented by... | Ronald Reagan: The Wisdom and Humor of the Great Communicator Best Price: $2.69 This book is a collection of quotations from Ronald Reagan, most of which consist of one or two... | Neighbors: A Forty-Year Portrait of an American Farm Community Best Price: $44.97 We received this book in excellent condition, and a best surprise, it was a signed copy. We... | Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail :Monograph 6 1990 Monographs in Colorado History #6, 1990. |
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Ordeal of the Union, Vol. 4: The Organized War, 1863-1864 / The Organized War To Victory, 1864-1865 Best Price: $121.91 | Times Square | STREET PEOPLE Best Price: $47.86 The book Street People, by Janet Beller, is a bittersweet and respectful look at some of the... | Washington Journal: The Events of 1973-1974 | The Age of the Great Depression 1929-1941 |
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Lee's terrible swift sword: From Antietam to Chancellorsville : an eyewitness history Best Price: $7.00 A look at the nine-month period in the Civil War that saw three great battles fought chronicles... | From Sea to Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War, the Saga of America's Expansion Best Price: $12.46 A narrative history of the fifty years following the American Revolution discusses the... | Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 Best Price: $11.49 McDougall's new spin on Americans as a nation of hustlers is an interesting one. For some... | After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Party That Ignited the Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905 Best Price: $6.00 This book is an unexpected pleasure. I did not know much about the history of the early big... | Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans Best Price: $29.89 Mr. Hearn's splendid account of the life of the self-taught Matthew Maury is one that should... |
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Central Front NATO | Archaeology of the Southeastern United States: Paleoindian to World War I Best Price: $215.17 A chronological summary of major stages in Southeastern United States' development, this... | Spanish St. Augustine: The Archaeology of a Colonial Creole Community (Studies in historical archaeology) | September 11: A Testimony Best Price: $1.98 I bought this book ...recently, and while it has some outstanding pictures, I think too many of... | Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island |
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Brave Companions: Portraits in History Best Price: $85.00 David McCullough is, arguably, the best popular historian of his generation. He has written... | Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Best Price: $19.35 This look at New England from the Pilgrim settlement to King Philip's War is a triumph. ... | A Short History of the American Stomach Best Price: $0.01 Reviewed by Laura V. Hilton
It is good to have ideas. Even better to have dreams. But the... | Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition) Best Price: $8.50 I have to admit that I did not choose this book because of a prior love of Steinbeck, nor even... | America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.00 Its present lackluster era notwithstanding, America still commands the world's attention and... |
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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 Best Price: $4.95 This is one of the more interesting books I've read in recent months, certainly among the... | Washington's Crossing (12 Pack) Best Price: $22.94 Before reading this book watch "The Crossing" starring 44yr old Jeff Daniels as 44yr... | Long Memory: The Black Experience in America Best Price: $30.00 If you wonder why Civil Rights Commission chairman Mary Frances Berry has been so controversial... | Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain Best Price: $19.97 John Priest is one of the nicer Civil War authors and it is a shame that he is having this... | The Gross Best Price: $4.01 Having read some of the other reviews, I tend to echo some of those sentiments. While this was... |
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The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare I live 2 miles away from West Pittston and know people who either knew the Smurls or who are... | Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War Best Price: $5.21 Rather than take full advantage of the fantasy nature involved in some alternate history novels... | Jefferson and the Rights of Man (Jefferson and His Time, Vol. 2) Best Price: $10.98 Thomas Jefferson was no Satan. But, I will implore all the fanatics and sycophants who revere... | Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (2nd Edition) Best Price: $1.07 Andrew Carnegie really epitomized the American Dream. His rags to riches story, while unusual... | Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 Best Price: $13.99 I enjoyed reading this book. In it, the authors explain what happened at the 1787... |
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I make it a point to read ZATAOMM every few years, and I also periodically pull my well-worn and... | Swimming at Suppertime: Seasons of Delight on the Wrong Side of Buzzards Bay Best Price: $4.99 ... and a better book for those who _do_ like those CS books. Carol Wasserman writes her short,... | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Best Price: $13.53 If you read "Isaac's Storm," you have some idea of Mr. Larson's writing... | Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book Best Price: $6.63 Gerard Jones' Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book delivers on... | High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present Best Price: $121.12 Rasenberger brings awareness to the little known and aknowledged trade of Iron Workers. This is... |
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The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 Best Price: $4.16 Jay Winik is best known for his popular "April, 1865" dealing with the final chapter... | Why We Rule! 101 Great Reasons to Love Our Country Best Price: $0.50 From their list of reasons to love the U.S. these authors say: "1. The Constitution:... | The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During World War II Best Price: $4.95 Bob Grimes was twenty years old, a pilot in a B-17 on the way back from bombing Germany on... | Land Above the Trees: A Guide to American Alpine Tundra Best Price: $59.08 | The Big Time: Harvard Business School's Most Successful Class--And How It Shaped America Best Price: $5.95 |
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The Fifties: A Women's Oral History Best Price: $6.19 An oral history features first-person accounts of what life was like for women in the 1950s,... | Hillerman Country: A Journey Through the Southwest With Tony Hillerman Best Price: $59.99 "Hillerman Country" by Tony Hillerman. Subtitled: "A Journey Through The... | Divided Waters: The Naval History of the Civil War Best Price: $10.97 This introduction to the naval history of the Civil War suffers from the author's bias,... | The Devil's Dictionary Best Price: $6.95 Beginning in 1881 and continuing to 1906, Ambrose Bierce created a series of sardonic word... | Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk Best Price: $21.49 James Polk is usually the least familiar president to appear on historians top 10 lists. But... |
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The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days (Barker Texas History Center Series) Best Price: $15.89 I learned of this book through the H-Texas History forum online and I was not disappointed.... | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself Best Price: $3.00 As you read Frederick Douglass' "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An... | The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (Neighborhoods of New York City) Best Price: $11.99 Listen, I was born and bred in Brooklyn, and lived there most of my adult life, though I've... | George Washington: A Biography Best Price: $14.99 Now I want to say at the offset that although my review may become critical and doubtful of the... | The Temple Bombing Best Price: $4.30 I found this book to be good background reading regarding the history of Atlanta's passage... |
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Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living Best Price: $7.78 Whether you're familiar with Bailey White or not, "Mama Makes Up Her Mind" will... | Southern Ladies & Gentlemen Best Price: $3.49 Florence King and the late Molly Ivins were the two funniest contemporary American writers. Miss... | | | |