History - United States - 19th Century

"America for Americans!" - The Typical American, Thanksgiving SermonDear Sir: The universal approval by every loyal, liberty-loving American citizen who listened to your Thanksgiving sermon yesterday, together with the philosophic and fearless manner with which the great themes therein discussed were treated, prompts a...

"Without question this is the best popular account of the last war fought between the United States and Great Britain. . . . In a gripping narrative the author not only explains the importance of the War of 1812 but vividly recreates its exciting...

An incredible journey of perseverance and history to recreate a 2000 mile trek by General William Henry Ashley and his men from the first Fur Trade Rendezvous of 1825 from southwest Wyoming to St. Louis, MO. These three men replicated this incredible feat of...

President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this "compelling, perceptive" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson's protégé, and champion of "manifest destiny." When James K. Polk was elected president in...

It is newly estimated that 750,000 soldiers died in the American Civil War. But less well-known than the war's death toll are the roughly 400,000 Union and Confederate troops who were captured and imprisoned. Many POWs died from starvation, dysentery, and exposure, and at...

An exploration of how the widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a nineteenth-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken words When and how did pictures start to permeate everyday lives in the United States? What happened to those daily lives when they...

From raw recruits to battlefield legends, the 20th Maine's stand at Gettysburg became one of the defining moments in American history.The 20th Maine needs no introduction. One of the most famous units of not only the Civil War, but all of American military history,...

Written shortly before her death in 1938, Rachel Caroline Eaton's A History of the Cherokee Nation is the celebrated Cherokee historian's magnum opus--and a work whose grounding in Cherokee tradition and perspective makes it unique in the annals of American history. The book spans...

In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West,...

A character-filled history that brings the American saga to life A New York Times Bestseller "Davidson has written a work that should lead readers to reflect anew on America's past and present. . . . We can all use not just a good refresher...

The Port of Los Angeles is all around us. Objects we use on a daily basis pass through it: furniture, apparel, electronics, automobiles, and much more. The busiest container port in the Western hemisphere, it claims one-sixth of all US ocean shipping. Yet despite...

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title "They could write like angels and scheme like demons." So begins Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Larson's masterful account of the wild ride that was the 1800 presidential election--an election so convulsive and so momentous to the future of American democracy that...

"A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable" (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland--one of America's most unusual presidents and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. "Entertaining and astute" (Booklist), A Man of Iron explores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland--the honest,...

Dispelling the persistent narrative that abject poverty followed the end of slavery in New York City, acclaimed historian Shane White finally sets the historical record straight. A Moment in the Sun, a revisionist and immersive retelling of antebellum Manhattan, depicts a long-forgotten, nineteenth-century era...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An Agatha, Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award nominee!A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes. It is a...

A revelatory new look at the long and complex relationship between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who died on the same historic day--July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In creating the Declaration of Independence,...

"Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life."--The New York Times When the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of politicians was summoned to...

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and...

Author: Betty Boyd CaroliPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 02/02/2026Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.20dISBN: 9780197793800About the AuthorBetty Boyd Caroli is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MA in Mass Communication from Annenberg School of University of Pennsylvania, as well...

From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a revelatory new account of slavery, uncovering a surprising web of relationships between Black and white people that ranges far beyond the familiar template of "master-slave" dynamics A white man hosts a wedding party for his Black servant and...