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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc 
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Publisher Comments At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelts harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black,... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent Publisher Comments Americas obsession with its own history has resulted in innumerable bestsellers. Like baseball and the Civil War, Prohibition is one of the grand American topics, and now it is the subject of Daniel Okrents masterful, prize-worthy tour de force. ... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power Publisher Comments In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power ? a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy ? asks the haunting question: Why do American... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Compact Disc
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Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation by Chris Derose Publisher Comments In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat.But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor Publisher Comments Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'reilly Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Jon Krakauers literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Compact Disc
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves by Andrew Ward Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $39.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Civil War, Volume 1: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote Synopsis 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) Your price: $140.00 New - Compact Disc
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Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt (Library Edition): The Rivalry That Divided America by James P. Duffy Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $69.00 New - Compact Disc
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Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan Publisher Comments Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler's hold over Europe. But they also shared an intricate web of relationships going back decades. In... (read more) Your price: $72.95 New - Audio Cassette
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Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis Publisher Comments “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) Your price: $55.00 New - Compact Disc
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power Publisher Comments In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power ? a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy ? asks the haunting question: Why do American... (read more) Your price: $49.97 New - Compact Disc
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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote Synopsis 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) List Price $160.00 Your price: $96.50 Used - Hardcover
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Coming of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century by Studs Terkel Synopsis "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) Your price: $18.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Patriots History Reader: Essential Documents for Every American by Larry Schweikart Synopsis examines the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today. It explores both oft-cited documents, like the Declaration of Independence, as well as those that are less famous.... (read more) Your price: $95.95 New - Audio Cassette
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Shelby Foote Synopsis This volume is dominated by the almost continual confrontation of great armies. The key great battle at Gettysburg is given masterly treatment, not as legend has it but as it really was, before it was distorted by controversy and overblown by remembered... (read more) Your price: $54.95 New - Compact Disc
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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--And a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup Publisher Comments Shortly before Christmas 1933 in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a small newspaper ad offered cash gifts to seventy-five families in distress. Readers were asked to send letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Compact Disc
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A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History by Kenneth C. Davis Publisher Comments In the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States emerged from its inauspicious beginning as a tiny newborn nation, to a near-empire that spanned the continent. It was a time in which the “dream of our founders” spread in ways... (read more) Your price: $32.00 New - Compact Disc
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