History - United States - 19th Century
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Sierra Stories: Tales of Dreamers, Schemers, Bigots, and RoguesThe Sierra Nevada, with its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and characters emerge so outlandish and outrageous...
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. NavyBefore the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders--particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams--debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy...
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War IIThis groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude shortly thereafter in "The Age of Neoslavery." By turns moving, sobering, and shocking,...
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Smithson's Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836-1906Discover the incredible history of the Smithsonian as it grew to meet the needs of a nation Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world's largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. The English chemist and mineralogist James Smithson never...
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Smut: An 1883 Obscenity Trial and Its Echoes Today"An engrossing tale well told."--Mary Beth Norton, author of Liberty's Daughters and In the Devil's Snare"Kammen's writing is engaging throughout, and her argument connecting 1883 to the present day is persuasive. A narrow slice of local history that opens, unexpectedly, onto the present."--Kirkus ReviewsIn...
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SnowboundRiding five horses and leading five more, three young New York men, their guide, and a camp cook entered the untamed vastness of the Bitteroot Mountains. They expected the trip to be the adventure of a lifetime, but it was already September. As the...
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So Far from God: The U. S. War with Mexico, 1846-1848The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico,...
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Society as I Have Found ItStep back in time to 19th-century New York high society with Ward McAllister's captivating account, "Society As I Have Found It." A prominent figure and self-proclaimed arbiter of taste, McAllister offers an unparalleled glimpse into the exclusive world of socialites and the intricate rules...
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Society as I Have Found ItStep back in time to 19th-century New York high society with Ward McAllister's captivating account, "Society As I Have Found It." A prominent figure and self-proclaimed arbiter of taste, McAllister offers an unparalleled glimpse into the exclusive world of socialites and the intricate rules...
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Society as I Have Found ItStep back into the glittering and often rigid world of New York's high society during the Gilded Age, a period of opulence, ambition, and unyielding social codes. Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister offers a fascinating, first-hand account of the elaborate...
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American DivideThe New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz. With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of...
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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey HomeThis "superbly researched and engaging" (The Wall Street Journal) true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South--and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice belongs "alongside the work of...
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Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern MenThe surprising story of how the plain black suit became a symbol of masculinity, democracy, and modernity. How did black suits become so ubiquitous? Why has men's business clothing been so plain for the last 250 years? How did a style adopted by the...
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Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852: As Told by Mary Ann and Willis Boatman and Augmented with Accounts by Other Overland TravelersWith numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year taking a terrible toll in lives mainly due to deadly cholera. Included here are firsthand accounts of...
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Tales of Yesterday's Florida KeysA collection of stories of people and events in the Florida Keys extending from the time the Keys were first occupied by humans, through the Second Seminole War, the coming of the Overseas Railway, and finally the opening of the first Overseas Highway in...
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Taming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum CityGeorge Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental HistoryVSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in AmericaHornblower Award for a First Book, New York Society LibraryJames Broussard Best First Book Prize, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic With...
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Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Heroic Struggle for America's Heartland"An insightful, unflinching portrayal of the remarkable siblings who came closer to altering the course of American history than any other Indian leaders." --H.W. Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator The first biography of the great Shawnee leader to make clear that...
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Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial EqualityThe New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker...
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Ten Shades of RedBehind Telluride's postcard beauty lies a past lit by red lanterns, whispered secrets, and women who lived boldly in the shadows. 10 Shades of Red pulls back the curtain on the town's forgotten red-light district and the women who shaped it-women remembered as much...
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Tesla's WalkAccompany the genius inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla on a poetic journey through one autumn day in 1899 Colorado Springs.Nikola Tesla's eight-month visit to Colorado Springs in 1899 is integral to his evolution as a genius inventor. Yet, for many, it still exudes an...
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