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Shiloh, 1862
Shiloh, 1862
by Winston Groom
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SHILOH, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh, fought in the wilderness of southern Tennessee in April 1862, marked a violent crossroads in the Civil War. What began as a surprise attack by Confederate troops on a Union stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi... (read more)

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Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court
by Sandra Day O'connor
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“I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give... (read more)

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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Unabridged CDs, 11 CDs, 14 hours Read by TBA The bestselling author of Mayflower revisits one of the most iconic and misunderstood stories of the American West.... (read more)

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Shiloh, 1862
Shiloh, 1862
by Winston Groom
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SHILOH, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh, fought in the wilderness of southern Tennessee in April 1862, marked a violent crossroads in the Civil War. What began as a surprise attack by Confederate troops on a Union stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi... (read more)

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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
by Paul Auster
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One of America's foremost writers collects the best stories submitted to NPR's National Story Project -- and illuminates the powerful role of storytelling in all our lives. When Paul Auster was asked to join NPR's Weekend All Things Considered program to... (read more)

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever
by Bill Oreilly
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A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic... (read more)

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General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864
General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864
by Stanley Weintraub
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General Sherman's Christmas opens on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 1864, one month before Christmas. Sherman was relentlessly pushing his troops across Georgia, reaching Savannah days before Christmas. His methodical encroachment of the city... (read more)

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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
by Andrew Ward
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This is the first narrative of the Civil War told by the very people that it freed.Groundbreaking, compelling, and poignant, The Slaves' War delivers an unprecedented vision of the nation's bloodiest conflict. An acclaimed historian of nineteenth-century... (read more)

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard
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James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will,... (read more)

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The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty
The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty
by William Hogeland
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A gripping and provocative tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, The Whiskey Rebellion pits President George Washington and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton against angry, armed settlers across the Appalachians. Unearthing a pungent segment... (read more)

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Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
by Bill Oreilly
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A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing... (read more)

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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
by Andrew Ward
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This is the first narrative of the Civil War told by the very people that it freed.Groundbreaking, compelling, and poignant, The Slaves' War delivers an unprecedented vision of the nation's bloodiest conflict. An acclaimed historian of nineteenth-century... (read more)

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Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
by Charles R. Morris
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In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan... (read more)

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Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt (Library Edition): The Rivalry That Divided America
Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt (Library Edition): The Rivalry That Divided America
by James P. Duffy
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Insightful and engaging, Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt reveals the untold story about two of history's most controversial men and how the White House waged a smear campaign against Lindbergh that blighted his reputation forever.... (read more)

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Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
by Andrew Carroll
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The centerpiece of a major national campaign to indentify and preserve forgotten history, Here Is Where is acclaimed historian Andrew Carroll’s fascinating journey of discovery in which he travels to each of America’s fifty states and... (read more)

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Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned
Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned
by Kenneth C. Davis
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“Fun, engrossing, and significant. . . . History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”—San Francisco Chronicle Here, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its debut as a New York... (read more)

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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox
The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox
by Shelby Foote
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This remarkable three-part work of history is told entirely from the point of view of the people involved in it. The narrative begins here, with all the major battles of course, but also the smaller ones.... (read more)

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Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
by Gerald Blaine
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Even today, almost five decades after John F. Kennedy was slain, the public continues to be captivated by the "Kennedy Curse" and new theories about what really happened on that fateful day in 1963. For nearly fifty years former Secret Service agent... (read more)

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Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century
Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century
by Studs Terkel
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"We don't know anything about the past and we don't seem to want to know it. And all the time the people who can tell us about it, make it meaningful, the real repositories of living information, are being lost."--Studs Terkel For Coming of Age, the... (read more)

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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
by Tony Horwitz
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A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to... (read more)

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