Michael Knox Beran

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arkansas

Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made

Documents the efforts of Abraham Lincoln, Germany's Otto Von Bismarck, and Russia's Alexander II to forge the three super-powers that would dominate the twentieth century, in an account that traces the dramatic social changes that occurred throughout each region. 35,000 first printing.

Forge of Empires, 1861-1871

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#hardcover #vintage #classic #historicalfiction #firstprinting #history #americanhistory #livingbook #romance #historicalromance 

Oregon

The Winthrop Woman 

Kathryn Derounian-Stodola

Minor underlining on 6 pages (see representative photo) 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country (1682-1892) and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in the case of Mary Jemison, permantently transculturated. This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's "A True History" (1682), Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape (after scalping her captors!), and the "Panther Captivity", as well as lesser known texts.As Derounian-Stodola demonstrates in the introduction, the stories also raise questions about the motives of their (often male) narrators and promoters, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, shape the tales for ecclesiastical purposes, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction in order to boost sales.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

Women's Indian Captivity Narratives

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Vintage NJ Historical Society Quarterly Journal - New Jersey History, Spring 1974 (Vol. 92, No. 1, Whole Number 356)

New Jersey

Vol. 92, No. 1, Whole Number 356

New Jersey History, Spring 1974 

J. Randy Taraborrelli

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill

*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* A dazzling biography of three of the most glamorous women of the 20th Century: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, her mother Janet Lee Auchincloss, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill. “Do you know what the secret to happily-ever-after is?” Janet Bouvier Auchincloss would ask her daughters Jackie and Lee during their tea time. “Money and Power,” she would say. It was a lesson neither would ever forget. They followed in their mother’s footsteps after her marriages to the philandering socialite “Black Jack” Bouvier and the fabulously rich Standard Oil heir Hugh D. Auchincloss. Jacqueline Bouvier would marry John F. Kennedy and the story of their marriage is legendary, as is the story of her second marriage to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Less well known is the story of her love affair with a world renowned architect and a British peer. Her sister, Lee, had liaisons with one and possibly both of Jackie's husbands, in addition to her own three marriages—to an illegitimate royal, a Polish prince and a Hollywood director. If the Bouvier women personified beauty, style and fashion, it was their lust for money and status that drove them to seek out powerful men, no matter what the cost to themselves or to those they stepped on in their ruthless climb to the top. Based on hundreds of new interviews with friends and family of the Bouviers, among them their own half-brother, as well as letters and journals, J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an extraordinary psychological portrait of two famous sisters and their ferociously ambitious mother.

Jackie, Janet and Lee

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Second printing, the sleeve is a little worn out but the book is in pretty good condition for it’s age. 

Massachusetts

En beretning om 2. verdenskrig til ledsagelse af fjernsynsserien af samme navn. Forskellige hovedslag er behandlet udfra forfatterens synspunkt om, at de udgør en historie i sig selv. Dansk oversættelse: "En verden i krig" haves.

The World at War

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Robert L. Willett

West Virginia

America in Conflict, April 10, 1863

Focuses on April 10, 1863 as a microcosm of American life during the Civil War, detailing battles, train raids, military blunders, illnesses, boredom, homesickness, and courage.

One Day of the Civil War

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Stephen Moore

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Truth about Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America

President Obama has declared that the standard by which all policies and policy outcomes are judged is fairness. He declared in 2011 that "we've sought to ensure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security. We do this because we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any moment, might face hard times, might face bad luck, might face a crippling illness or a layoff." And that, he says, is why we have a social safety net. He says that returning to a standard of fairness where anyone can get ahead through hard work is the "issue of our time." And perhaps it is.

This book explores what it means for our economic system and our economic results to be "fair." Does it mean that everyone has a fair shot? Does it mean that everyone gets the same amount? Does it mean the government can assert the authority to forcibly take from the successful and give to the poor? Is government supposed to be Robin Hood determining who gets what? Or should the market decide that? The surprising answer: nations with free market systems that allow people to get ahead based on their own merit and achievement are the fairest of them all.

Who's the Fairest of Them All?

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James E. Seaver

Tells the story of Mary Jemison who was adopted by a Seneca family in 1758 after her parents were killed

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

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#history #paperback #nonfiction #Americanhistory #irwinunger 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Questions of Our Past

Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, this " concise" survey explores the many and varied threads of American history--social, intellectual, cultural political, diplomatic, economic, and military--from the arrival of the first native American inhabitants thousands of years ago through the crisis following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Inclusive of all the diverse groups that are and have been part of the American fabric, it shows how the story of America is a human story revealing the imperfections, as well as the triumphs of human endeavor and the human spirit. Using a unique " inquiry approach, " each chapter is built around a specific question or theme designed to challenge readers to consider the complexity of America's past. Considers questions such as: How Did Old World Life and Culture Change the Wilderness? What Made the American Economic Miracle Possible? What Was Jacksonian Democracy and How Did It Change Political Life? Was the Mexican War and Expansionism Greed, Manifest Destiny or Inevitability? What Were Americans before the Civil War Really Like? What Is Myth and What Was Real Regarding the Old South? What Went Wrong in Reconstruction? What Were the Causes, What Were the Costs of Industrialization? How " Gilded" Was the Gilded Age? World War I: Idealism, National Interest, or Neutral Rights? The Twenties: Happy Adolescence or Decade of Stress? The New Deal: Too Far or Not Far Enough? World War II: Blunder, or Decision in the National Interest? The " Reagan Revolution" What Was It? What Did It Accomplish? Would Diversity and the Cold War's End Change America? For anyone interested inAmerican history.

These United States

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The Last of the Mohicans is the second and most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales. Set in 1757 during the fierce French and Indian wars, Cooper's classic novel of adventure follows an adroit scout and his companion as they weave through the lush and spectacular wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful daughters of a fort commander from a treacherous Huron renegade. With its death-defying chases and teeth-clenching suspenes, this historical romance established many archetypes of American frontier fiction: the brave, skillful loner (Hawkeye), who rejects "white" civilization while aiding the settlers who spread it; the "noble savage" (Chingachgook) who becomes his deepest friend: a plot involving chases, epic battles and lovely heroines (Cora and Alice Munro) menaced by an Indian renegade (Magua), and the central role played by the most important "character" of all, the magnificent but dangerous wilderness.

The Last of the Mohicans

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Arizona

George Washington

This book chronicles the life of George Washington, discussing his childhood, military years, presidency, and his impact on American politics.

His Excellency

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Tricia Martineau Wagner

Utah

The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male--and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold until now. The stories of ten African-American women are reconstructed from historic documents found in century-old archives. Some of these women slaves, some were free, and some were born into slavery and found freedom in the old west. They were laundresses, freedom advocates, journalists, educators, midwives, business proprietors, religious converts, philanthropists, mail and freight haulers, and civil and social activists. These hidden historical figures include Biddy Mason, a slave who fought for her family's freedom; Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood, a teacher determined to educate black children and aid them in leading better lives; and the mysterious Mary Ellen Pleasant, a civil rights crusader and savvy businesswoman. Even in the face of racial prejudice, these unsung heroes never gave up hope for a brighter future.

African American Women of the Old West

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Mike Bunn

Florida

The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era

The British colony of West Florida--which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana--is the forgotten fourteenth colony of America's Revolutionary era. The colony's eventful years as a part of the British Empire form an important and compelling interlude in Gulf Coast history that has for too long been overlooked. For a host of reasons, including the fact that West Florida did not rebel against the British Government, the colony has long been dismissed as a loyal but inconsequential fringe outpost, if considered at all. But the colony's history showcases a tumultuous political scene featuring a halting attempt at instituting representative government; a host of bold and colorful characters; a compelling saga of struggle and perseverance in the pursuit of financial stability; and a dramatic series of battles on land and water which brought about the end of its days under the Union Jack. In Fourteenth Colony, historian Mike Bunn offers the first comprehensive history of the colony, introducing readers to the Gulf Coast's remarkable British period and putting West Florida back in its rightful place on the map of Colonial America.

Fourteenth Colony

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#history #biography #jefferson #nationalbookawardwinner #presidents #revolutionarywar #americanhistory #government

Minnesota

The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Offers a reassessment of the life, image, and career of Thomas Jefferson, examining his complex personality, controversies about the man and his beliefs, and his accomplishments

American Sphinx

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#hardcover #spacetravel #astronauts #nasa #mercury #launch #americanhistory #1960s #science #memoirs

The Mercury Seven Astronauts tell their own stories of how they got into the Space Program; Written before they had all gone into Space.

This book is in good vintage condition, with minimal wear to the spine and binding, though the binding is beginning to separate at the bottom. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is smudged with small tears around the edges. Someone has handwritten astronauts names on the inside flaps of the dust jacket but I am pretty sure they aren't autographs. There is also a little price sticker residue on the front of the dust jacket. Printed in 1962.

By the astronauts themselves

We Seven

#hardcover #america #americanhistory #nonfiction 

Michigan

Alistair Cooke's America

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Dust cover has minor wear.  Book itself is like new.

The Great Shift in American Culture, Society and Politics

During the past two decades, the 1970s have been trivialized, misunderstood, or dismissed as having kitsch value only. But as we move into a new millennium, the seventies are passing from pop culture into history. Bruce Schulman, the first historian to grapple with the seventies, here provides the only comprehensive history of America between 1968 and 1984. He argues persuasively that the "long decade" -- from Nixon's election to Reagan's reelection -- involved a crucial cultural and political shift.

Beginning with Richard Nixon's "southern" strategy in 1968, to the rise of the Sunbelt cities and the explosion of country music, the 1970s saw the decline of the North's cultural dominance. By the end of the decade, the South had shed its rural, agricultural heritage and erased its reputation as hopelessly backward and impoverished. A transformed, commercialized southern white culture flourished and spread across the country.

In an engaging blend of anecdote and analysis, Changes in Latitude provides the first real assessment of these crucial years, and the ways in which they changed America forever.

The Seventies

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#americanrevolution #hardcover #history #foundingfathers #americanhistory #biography #nonfiction #johnadams 

Alabama

Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.

John Adams

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Nebraska

Stories of Faith in American History

In God We Trust

Joseph J. Ellis

Oklahoma

The Revolutionary Generation

The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading group's discussion of Joseph Ellis's Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation . We hope they will enrich your experience of this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

Founding Brothers

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#hardcover #history #American-History #green

Tennessee

Earl Warren and His Supreme Court, A Judicial Biography

Super Chief

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Anne Smith

Fair condition, has dings and marks here and there and the front cover doesn't close fully. Has a few bent corners, pictured. Still fully readable.

Colorado

A collection of distinctive Ute animal and human tales that offers a rich source of Ute culture for anyone interested in the peoples of the Great Basin.

Ute Tales

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New York

Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford, Connecticut. By law they should be free, since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers' notes to buy his family's freedom.



But now Daniel's father is dead, and Mrs. Ivers has taken the notes from his mother. When Daniel bravely steals the notes back, a furious Captain Ivers forces him aboard a ship bound for the West Indies--and certain slavery. Even if Daniel can manage to jump ship in New York, will he be able to travel the long and dangerous road to freedom?

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