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Heirs of the Founders: Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American GiantsFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War comes "a historical spellbinder" (The Christian Science Monitor) about a trio of political giants in nineteenth-century America--and their battle to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and...
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Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974When--and how--did America become so polarized? In this masterful history, leading historians Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment. It all starts in 1974 with the Watergate crisis, the OPEC oil embargo, desegregation busing riots in Boston,...
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An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary ToddAn enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd. Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded "connubial bliss" as an untenable fantasy. During the...
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The Movement: The African American Struggle for Civil RightsThe civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African Americans, but it prefigured as...
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River of Promise: Lewis and Clark on the ColumbiaRiver of Promise focuses on often-overlooked yet essential aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition: locating the headwaters of the Columbia and a water route to the Pacific Ocean; William Clark's role as the partnership's primary geographic problem-solver; and the contributions of Indian leaders...
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John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil RightsAn authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration of the paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill...
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Engineering Eden: A Violent Death, a Federal Trial, and the Struggle to Restore Nature in Our National ParksThe award-winning story of the century-and-half-long attempt to control nature in the American wilderness, told through the prism of a tragic death at Yellowstone--now in paperback In the summer of 1972, 25-year-old Harry Eugene Walker hitchhiked away from his family's northern Alabama dairy farm...
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Pulling Leather: Being the Early Recollections of a Cowboy on the Wyoming Range, 1884-1889Roundups, Trail drives, a lynching, mail-order romances, black-smithing, Indians, the blizzard of 1885-86, bunkhouse humor, Calamity Jane, cattle barons -- Reuben Mullins experienced the West as it will never be again. This first-hand account, told by a man who lived the life, has become...
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To Make Our World Anew: Volume II: A History of African Americans Since 1880The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to...
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Black MusicThe long-awaited reissue of the sequel to Amiri Baraka's seminal work, Blues People.Baraka writes with the passion and lyricism that can only come from a jazz critic who is uncompromisingly invested in the social and aesthetic dimensions of the music.--WBGO (Newark Public Radio)Jones has...
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Away Down South: A History of Southern IdentityFrom the seventeenth century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and today's conflicts over the Confederate flag, here is a brilliant portrait of southern identity, served in an engaging blend of history, literature, and popular culture. In this insightful book, written...
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Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage TugA modern epic of the hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service. The "Foundation Franklin" ran from 1930 to 1948, rescuing sinking ships and battering towering waves in the North Atlantic.Author: Farley MowatPublisher:...
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Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber2022 National Outdoor Book Award Outdoor Classic Winner * Includes stories of such greats as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Allen Steck, and Warren Harding * Captures the raucous, outrageous, innovative spirit of climbing in Yosemite during this period * Portrays the advances in equipment...
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The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea: Volume 2According to historian Richard McMurry, the 1864 campaign "through the woods and across the hills, valleys, and streams of North Georgia was one of the biggest, longest, and most spellbinding of the American Civil War. It was also one of the most important." Despite...
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The All-American Crew: A True Story of a World War II Bomber and the Men Who Flew ItAn inspiring true story of teamwork, camaraderie, and Americans at war.On January 23, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber and its crew of ten men disappeared without a trace in New Guinea. Their families never knew what happened to them. Now, 80 years later, their...
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The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea: Volume 1According to historian Richard McMurry, the 1864 campaign "through the woods and across the hills, valleys, and streams of North Georgia was one of the biggest, longest, and most spellbinding of the American Civil War. It was also one of the most important." Despite...
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We Are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That MatteredThe Clash's final chapter, after guitarist Mick Jones' 1983 departure, has largely been forgotten--until this book, in which authors Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki argue that the punk pioneers were still creating vital music to the very end.--Rolling Stone, an RS Picks / New...
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Judge Roy Bean CountryWelcome to Judge Roy Bean Country! The landscape is big enough and wild enough to contain any legend--even one the size of Judge Roy Bean. Jack Skiles started with a determination to learn the truth behind the legend of Judge Roy Bean. Armed with...
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin: Nature's Army at WorkBetween 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps, a popular New Deal relief program, was at work across America. During the Great Depression, young men lived in rustic CCC camps planting trees, cutting trails, and reversing the effects of soil erosion. In his latest...
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 1: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on...
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