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Rediscovery of North America
Rediscovery of North America
by Barry Holstun Lopez
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Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This... (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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More than 1.6 million copies sold! Who really discovered America? What was "the shot heard 'round the world"? 9/11: What really happened? How did America elect its first black president? From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of... (read more)

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A Renegade History of the United States
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell
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In this surprising and wickedly entertaining work of history, Russell presents us with a provocative look at a cast of unrecognized American heroes, the prostitutes, rebels, rascals, and hippies, who led us toward the rights and freedoms that Americans... (read more)

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Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History
Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History
by Eric Foner
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An invaluable supplement to the text, all the primary source documents address the theme of American freedom in its many dimensions. It is a compact, unintimidating collection, with documents of reasonable length. Each primary source is accompanied by a... (read more)

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Indian Tipi 2ND Edition Its History Construction
Indian Tipi 2ND Edition Its History Construction
by Reginald Laubin
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When the first edition of this book was published in 1957, the art of making a tipi was almost lost, even among American Indians. Since that time a tremendous resurgence of interest in the Indian way of life has occurred, resurgence due in part, at... (read more)

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The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom
The American Family: From Obligation to Freedom
by David Paterson Del Mar
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This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even flourished during colonization, the Revolution, slavery, the industrial revolution, immigration... (read more)

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American Insurgents: A Brief History of American Anti-Imperialism
American Insurgents: A Brief History of American Anti-Imperialism
by Richard Seymour
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All empires spin self-serving myths, and in the US the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism that exposes this misleading mythology. American Insurgents is a... (read more)

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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
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In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long... (read more)

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Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern
by Joshua Zeitz
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Blithely flinging aside the Victorian manners that kept her disapproving mother corseted, the New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own... (read more)

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Across the Wide Missouri (47 Edition)
Across the Wide Missouri (47 Edition)
by Bernard Devoto
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of... (read more)

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The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known: Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent
The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known: Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent
by Howard Zinn
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To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast... (read more)

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The Hatfields and the McCoys
The Hatfields and the McCoys
by Bruce Wexler
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The Hatfields and the McCoys explores, with vibrant illustration, the historic feud between two iconic American families that ran for nearly three decades between 1863 and 1891. On the heels of the popular History Channel miniseries starring Kevin... (read more)

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Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food
Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food
by Frederick Kaufman
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A prominent food journalist follows the trail from Big Pizza to square tomatoes to exploding food prices to Wall Street, trying figure out why we can't all have healthy, delicious, affordable food In 2008, farmers grew enough to feed twice the world's... (read more)

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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (P.S.)
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (P.S.)
by Rachel L. Swarns
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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)

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After the Fact : the Art of Historical Detection - Combined (6TH 10 Edition)
After the Fact : the Art of Historical Detection - Combined (6TH 10 Edition)
by James West Davidson
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For more than twenty-five years, After the Fact has guided students through American history and the methods used to study it. In dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this best-selling book examines a broad variety of... (read more)

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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
by Cokie Roberts
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families–and... (read more)

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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
by Howard Zinn
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Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African... (read more)

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Ronald Reagan and Triumph of American Conservatism (2ND 06 Edition)
Ronald Reagan and Triumph of American Conservatism (2ND 06 Edition)
by Jules Tygiel
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Jules Tygiel’s biography of Ronald Reagan engages students with the compelling story of the man who went from Hollywood actor to President of the United States.  This balanced profile considers both the accomplishments and failures of Reagan... (read more)

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A History of the American People
A History of the American People
by Paul Johnson
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A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy. Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied... (read more)

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Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
by Cokie Roberts
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In this eye-opening companion volume to her acclaimed history Founding Mothers, number-one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the... (read more)

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