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The 1895 Segregation Fight in South CarolinaSix Against the StateIn 1895, Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina attempted to solidify his political power. He proposed to rewrite the South Carolina Constitution to deny African Americans their constitutional rights and make racial segregation the law of the state. Six Black leaders--Robert...
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The Triumph of Nancy ReaganThe definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan. The made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan is more than a love story--it's the partnership that made...
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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950sA New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the...
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Georgia Legends & LoreSettle in for a juicy bushel of Peach State bafflement.Author: Alan BrownPublisher: History PressPublished: 08/22/2022Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.39dISBN: 9781467151788
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Kaiser Steel of Fontana: Together We BuildThe steel facility that helped advance the modern American West.Through his record-busting construction career, Henry J. Kaiser continuously pulled off the impossible. When he announced his plans to enter the wartime shipbuilding business and to mass-produce steel in the small, agricultural town of Fontana,...
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Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire"An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan." -- Jay WinikPresident Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and award-winning anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with...
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Capturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains: The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle SorbelCapturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains: The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle Sorbel is a historic tale of vigilante valorNear sleepy Hanska slough, September 21, 1876, Norwegian teen Asle Sorbel made a daring Paul Revere ride into Madelia, Minnesota. His...
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Lost Texas Treasure: Sunken Ships, Rawhide Maps and Buried PlunderTrack pirate gold and misplaced riches across 168 counties in this comprehensive guide to the lost treasures of Texas.Countless fortunes have disappeared into the vast expanse of the Lone Star State. The history of the coast is cluttered with shipwrecks like that of the...
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Wicked GreenvilleThe Wild West of the Blue Ridge#YeahThatGreenville is the official slogan of a city with a Southern Charm and congenial reputation. But the beauty of the Reedy River Falls cannot cover up its secret past. Theodosia Burr Alston regularly summered in Greenville prior to...
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold WarWinner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES...
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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American ProsperityThe incredible story of Benjamin Franklin's parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia--a deathbed wager that captures the Founder's American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age.Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his...
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A New History of Lexington, KentuckyLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city's history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one of the nation's foremost advocates for voting...
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City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of AmericaThe epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900.Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild...
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Hidden History of Civil War FloridaDig into a treasure trove of nearly forgotten Sunshine State Civil War history. At the outset of the Civil War, Florida's entire population was only a bit larger than present-day Gainesville. Still, the state played an outsized role in the conflict. Floridians fought for...
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The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar FarmThe people of mid-Ohio's Pleasant Valley went on with their normal lives that cold and rainy spring of 1896, not knowing that young Ceely Rose was brooding. She'd been told to forget her obsession with handsome Guy Berry. She'd been told about the danger...
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A Guide to Hemingway's Key WestSee the Conch Republic through Hemingway's eyes.Author: Mark Allen BakerPublisher: History PressPublished: 04/11/2022Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781467151023
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They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while...
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Scientific KentuckyScientific Breakthroughs in the Bluegrass StateScientists and inventors who lived, worked or were educated in the Bluegrass State have made fundamental contributions to biology, chemistry, physics and technology. Biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan laid the foundation for modern genetics. Chemist William Lipscomb made important discoveries...
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A History of Native American Land Rights in Upstate New YorkA complex and troubled history defines the borders of upstate New York beyond the physical boundaries of its rivers and lakes. The United States and the state were often deceptive in their territory negotiations with the Iroquois Six Nations. Amidst the growing quest for...
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Detroit's Infamous Purple GangBeginning as a group of delinquents committing petty crimes, they became Detroit's infamous Purple Gang, of one of the most notorious organized crime groups of the 20th century.The photographs in this fascinating collection chronologically follow the evolution of the Purples from their days as...
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