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Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee NationA sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail. The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For...
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When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey: A Spirited History of the FallsThe lost history of Minnehaha Falls--featuring dance halls, secret saloons, wild behavior, lawsuits, and plenty of whiskey. Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis has been a much-loved place for a very long time. Native people visited the Falls for millennia before 1855, when Longfellow's Song of...
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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold WarIf the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War--a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall...
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The World According to Proust100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages, it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first-time readers and veterans alike to view the novel in a new...
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The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political TraditionA new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s, a less violent but equally virulent descendant of the relatively small, terrorist Klan of the 1870s. Unknown to most Americans today, this "second Klan" largely flourished above the Mason-Dixon Line--its army of four-to-six-million members...
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its LegacyPULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victim's decades-long quest for justice. - Thompson served as the Historical Consultant on the Academy Award-nominated documentary feature ATTICA "Gripping ... deals with racial...
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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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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German EmpireIn this vivid fifty-year history of Germany from 1871-1918--which inspired events that forever changed the European continent--here is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. Before 1871, Germany...
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Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical DiscriminationBetween its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail in American political culture. The Black Panthers are most often remembered for their revolutionary rhetoric and militant action. Here Alondra Nelson deftly recovers an indispensable...
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Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the StateIn 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immersed itself in the global conflict later known as World War I, some...
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Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce WarAfter the Civil War and Reconstruction, a new struggle raged in the Northern Rockies. In the summer of 1877, General Oliver Otis Howard, a champion of African American civil rights, ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families who resisted moving onto a reservation. Standing...
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Heroes and Scoundrels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Nobel Prize in MedicineBeware the pronouncements from medical authorities on high...The good, the bad, and the ugly of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine are explored in these entertaining biographies of the world's most highly recognized scientists. From unapologetic Nazis to dedicated humanitarians who carried...
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The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in AmericaHow the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divide On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading...
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China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New NationalismA Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year "Insightful...a deft, textured work of intellectual history."--Foreign Affairs "A timely insight into how memories and ideas about the second world war play a hugely important role in conceptualizations about the past and...
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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon JohnsonWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZEBook Four of Robert A. Caro's monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that...
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Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil RightsDriving While Black demonstrates that the car--the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility--has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open...
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Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. NewtonAuthor: SealePublisher: Black Classic PressPublished: 11/15/1996Pages: 429Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10dISBN: 9780933121300
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The Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher NostraThe Elusive Purple Gang: Detroit's Kosher Nostra is a concise history of one of America's most notorious Prohibition gangs. The Burnstein brothers and their associates were the only Jewish gang in the United States to dominate the rackets of a major American city. From...
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The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an ObessionA fascinating look at the men who made Britain the center of the botanical world--from the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. "Wulf's flair for storytelling is combined with scholarship, brio, and a charmingly airy style.... A...
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The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal Into Victorian Homes Changed Everything"The queen of living history" (Lucy Worsley) dazzles anglophiles and history lovers alike with this immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution--from their own kitchens. Wielding the same wit and passion as seen in How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman...
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