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Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II — a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick Publisher Comments and#147;For everyone who loves Nantucket Island this is the indispensable book.and#8221; and#151;Russell Baker Nantucket is a tiny island with a huge history. In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times-bestselling author Nathaniel... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Hardcover
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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time by Ira Katznelson Publisher Comments Redefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Ira... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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The Wrath of Cochise: The BASCOM Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars by Terry Mort Publisher Comments In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their trail and reported the incident to patrols at Fort Buchanan, blaming a band of Chiricahuas led by the infamous warrior Cochise. Though... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States by Michael Lind Publisher Comments How did a weak collection of former British colonies become an industrial, financial, and military colossus? From the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the American economy has been transformed by wave after wave of emerging technology: the steam... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (P.S.) by Rachel L. Swarns Publisher Comments Michelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story—a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations. In this prodigiously researched epic, New York Times correspondent Rachel L. Swarns traces that complex... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America (Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture) by Amy F. Ogata Publisher Comments The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles, and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Civil War Battlegrounds: The Illustrated History of the War's Pivotal Battles and Campaigns by Richard Sauers, Ph.d. Publisher Comments Although this deadliest of American wars took place a century and a half ago, its legacy —good and bad—is still felt today. The battlefields are haunting reminders of the blood that was spilled, their names echoing with history: Shiloh... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Trade Paper
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For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England by Allegra Di Bonaventura Publisher Comments In the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, A Midwife’s Tale, comes this groundbreaking narrative by one of America’s most promising colonial historians. Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Jesse James: The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of the Most Infamous Outlaw of All Time by Frank Triplett Publisher Comments There is no western outlaw more infamous and notorious than Jesse James. A Confederate guerilla during the Civil War, he and his brother, as the leaders of numerous gangs of the Wild West, turned to a life of crime and robbery that lasted more than a... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir by Alexandra Aldrich Publisher Comments Alexandra Aldrich, a direct descendant of the famous Astor dynasty, grew up in the servants' quarters of Rokeby, the forty-three-room Hudson Valley mansion built by her ancestors. Her childhood was one of bohemian neglect and real privation. But it was... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy by Gary May Publisher Comments When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, however, white segregationists across the South counterattacked, driving their black countrymen... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein Publisher Comments When the Hiss-Chambers case first broke open, its main characters and events seemed more appropriate to spy fiction than to the realities of American life in the late 1940s. Yet, almost half a century after the final verdict, many questions about it... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Awful Grace of God: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stuart Wexler Synopsis The Awful Grace of God chronicles a multi-year effort to kill Martin Luther King Jr. by a group of the nations most violent right-wing extremists. Impeccably researched and thoroughly documented, this examines figures like Sam Bowers, head of the White... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Framing a Legend: Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings by M. Andrew Holowchak Publisher Comments A penetrating critical perspective on the question of Thomas Jefferson's paternity that will make you rethink recent conventional wisdom. It is accepted by most scholars that Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege by Michael B. Ballard Publisher Comments On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that “the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Hardcover
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Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science by Paul Eli Ivey Publisher Comments In May 1904, the residents of Halcyon—a small utopian community on California’s central coast—invited their neighbors to attend the grand opening of the Halcyon Hotel and Sanatorium. As part of the entertainment, guests were encouraged... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder Publisher Comments "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign (Civil War America) by Earl J. Hess Publisher Comments While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Family Trees: A History of Genealogy in America by Fran?ois Weil Publisher Comments The quest for roots has been an enduring American preoccupation. Over the centuries, generations have sketched coats of arms, embroidered family trees, established local genealogical societies, and carefully filled in the blanks in their bibles, all in... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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