Part of the Time-Life book series called the Old West.
1978
Beautiful pictures in color and b&w.  Lots of facts and stories about the old west!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Old West

The Women

The Gunfighters

Part of the Time-Life book series called the Old West.
1978
Beautiful pictures and in color and b&w.  Lots of facts and stories about the old west!

The Cowboys

Stephen Tatum

A couple tears in the cover otherwise in great condition 

Tennessee

Visions of the Outlaw in America, 1881-1981

'Tatum...does a masterful job of cutting through the many obscurities and complexities of the events surrounding the Kid's brief life. He manages to demonstrate convincingly the manner in which the 'invented' Kid is logical product of the cultural preoccupation so the age that produces him. This is probably the best book on Billy the Kid produced to date.'

Inventing Billy the Kid

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Winifred Gallagher

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A History

“’The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America,’ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”—Wall Street Journal A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important endeavor—indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed to bind thirteen quarrelsome colonies into the United States by delivering news about public affairs to every citizen—a radical idea that appalled Europe’s great powers. America’s uniquely democratic post powerfully shaped its lively, argumentative culture of uncensored ideas and opinions and made it the world’s information and communications superpower with astonishing speed. Winifred Gallagher presents the history of the post office as America’s own story, told from a fresh perspective over more than two centuries. The mandate to deliver the mail—then “the media”—imposed the federal footprint on vast, often contested parts of the continent and transformed a wilderness into a social landscape of post roads and villages centered on post offices. The post was the catalyst of the nation’s transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It enabled America to shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy and to develop the publishing industry, the consumer culture, and the political party system. Still one of the country’s two major civilian employers, the post was the first to hire women, African Americans, and other minorities for positions in public life. Starved by two world wars and the Great Depression, confronted with the country’s increasingly anti-institutional mind-set, and struggling with its doubled mail volume, the post stumbled badly in the turbulent 1960s. Distracted by the ensuing modernization of its traditional services, however, it failed to transition from paper mail to email, which prescient observers saw as its logical next step. Now the post office is at a crossroads. Before deciding its future, Americans should understand what this grand yet overlooked institution has accomplished since 1775 and consider what it should and could contribute in the twenty-first century. Gallagher argues that now, more than ever before, the imperiled post office deserves this effort, because just as the founders anticipated, it created forward-looking, communication-oriented, idea-driven America.

How the Post Office Created America

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Russell Shorto

The American Revolution told through the lives of six people of the era

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

A Story of American Freedom

Russell Shorto's work has been praised as "first-rate intellectual history" (Wall Street Journal), "literary alchemy" (Chicago Tribune) and simply "astonishing" (New York Times).

In his epic new book, Russell Shorto takes us back to the founding of the American nation, drawing on diaries, letters and autobiographies to flesh out six lives that cast the era in a fresh new light. They include an African man who freed himself and his family from slavery, a rebellious young woman who abandoned her abusive husband to chart her own course and a certain Mr. Washington, who was admired for his social graces but harshly criticized for his often-disastrous military strategy.

Through these lives we understand that the revolution was fought over the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a force for violent change. A powerful narrative and a brilliant defense of American values, Revolution Song makes the compelling case that the American Revolution is still being fought today and that its ideals are worth defending.

Revolution Song

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History lovers, this one is for you! A thorough look at the period of the Founding Fathers with beautiful images throughout. 
 #history #coffeetablebook #americanhistory #foundingfathers #hardcover #nonfiction

Iowa

The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty

Relates the events, battles, and discussions that led to the American Revolution and the rise of a democratic nation, and offers portraits of the Founding Fathers as well as excerpts from documents penned by George Washington.

Founding Fathers

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jeremy McCarter

The Revolution

Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it. Miranda, along with Jeremy McCarter, a cultural critic and theater artist who was involved in the project from its earliest stages--"since before this was even a show," according to Miranda--traces its development from an improbable performance at the White House to its landmark opening night on Broadway six years later. In addition, Miranda has written more than 200 funny, revealing footnotes for his award-winning libretto, the full text of which is published here. Their account features photos by the renowned Frank Ockenfels and veteran Broadway photographer, Joan Marcus; exclusive looks at notebooks and emails; interviews with Questlove, Stephen Sondheim, leading political commentators, and more than 50 people involved with the production; and multiple appearances by President Obama himself. The book does more than tell the surprising story of how a Broadway musical became a national phenomenon: It demonstrates that America has always been renewed by the brash upstarts and brilliant outsiders, the men and women who don't throw away their shot.

Hamilton

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Brian Kilmeade

Don Yaeger

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

Shares the true story of an anonymous group of spies who played important roles in winning the Revolutionary War, documenting how they risked their lives to obtain crucial intelligence for General Washington using sophisticated tactics and complex codes.

George Washington's Secret Six

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vintage 1982 book about the Kennedys, recalled by their personal chauffeur 

Life with the Kennedys, recalled by their personal chauffer

Provides a candid, intimate view of life in America's "royal" family, as seen through the eyes of a former personal chauffeur for the Kennedys

Torn Lace Curtains

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First Threshold Editions in EXCELLENT condition. 
Take a trip through America's past with the Time Travel Adventures series from Rush Limbaugh. Includes 4 hardcover books, each story focusing on a pivotal moment in the United States' history. Titles include: Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, Rush Revere and the First Patriots, Rush Revere and the American Revolution, and Rush Revere and the Presidency. 
Recommended for ages 10 to 13 years.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Maryland

Rush Limbaugh’s Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans

Pennsylvania

Medal of Honor Heroes : Exciting Stories of Bravery Beyond the Call of Duty

#hardcover #americanhistory #ushistory #warhero #president #eisenhower #memoir #stories #hero #firstedition

This classic book is a first edition, in excellent vintage condition published in 1967. No wear to the pages, spine, or binding. The dust cover has a couple of small nicks that are barely noticeable. A great collectors item by an icon of America's greatest generation! 

Minnesota

Stories I tell to friends

At Ease - First Edition

Robert U. Johnson

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

New Jersey

Retreat with Honor (Volume 4) relates the events that led to the end of the war. It opens with a detailed description of the land and sea operations at the Battle of Charleston. Grant's Wilderness Campaign and Sherman's march to Atlanta are vividly portrayed. After mounting the final actions in Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee, this volume depicts the closing naval operations, Sherman's march through the Confederacy and climaxes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. - Jacket flap.

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (4 Volume Set)

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#hardcover #eastEuropeanJews #americanHistory

Michigan

The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made

Recounts the experiences of the East European Jews who settled in New York's East Side

World of Our Fathers

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The architecture of country house 

Richard B. Stolley

Tony Chiu

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Our Century in Pictures

More than five hundred images, selected from the photographic archives of "Life" and other collections, portray the people and events that transformed the modern era

Life

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Lincoln A Photobiography

Susan Sinnott

Kansas

Growing up in Pioneer America

Discover daily life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from Sweden to Minnesota. Lavishly illustrated spreads feature historical photos, cutaway scenes and fascinating facts. Color illustrations throughout.

Welcome to Kirsten's World, 1854

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#foundingfathers #revolutionarywar #1776 #americanhistory #georgewashington

New Hampshire

What Made the Founders Different

A New York Times bestseller! 

"Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine, is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway musical Hamilton sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.

Look for Gordon's 2017 release, Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 

Revolutionary Characters

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Offering the paperback Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen.  The story of the Constitutional Convention May to September 1787.  Other than a crease in the front and back cover, this book is in very good condition.
#paperback #history #americanhistory

The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787

"Remarkable...If you read only one book on the Constitution in your life, this could be it" (Los Angeles Times): the classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents, the Constitution of the United States.



From Catherine Drinker Bowen, noted American biographer and National Book Award winner, comes the canonical account of the Constitutional Convention recommended as "required reading for every American." Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new, and Mrs. Bowen evokes it as if the reader were actually there, mingling with the delegates, hearing their arguments, witnessing a dramatic moment in history.



Here is the fascinating record of the hot, sultry summer months of debate and decision when ideas clashed and tempers flared. Here is the country as it was then, described by contemporaries, by Berkshire farmers in Massachusetts, by Patrick Henry's Kentucky allies, by French and English travelers. Here, too, are the offstage voices--Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine and John Adams from Europe.



In all, fifty-five men attended; and in spite of the heat, in spite of clashing interests--the big states against the little, the slave states against the anti-slave states--in tension and anxiety that mounted week after week, they wrote out a working plan of government and put their signatures to it.



"Bowen combines a storyteller's gift with the scholarship of a historian and brings to life both the people of the Constitutional Convention and the issues that they debated. Miracle at Philadelphia is a book for anyone interested in history, democracy, political science, or law." --Los Angeles Times

Miracle at Philadelphia

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#abelincoln #americanhistory #civilwar #history #irishhistory #lincoln #military #hardcover 

The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union

From the founder of IrishCentral, a fascinating piece of Civil War history: Lincoln's relationship with the immigrants arriving in America to escape the Irish famine. "If you're a Lincoln fan like me, you'll love this book." --Liam Neeson

When Pickett charged at Gettysburg, it was the all-Irish Pennsylvania 69th who held fast while the surrounding regiments broke and ran. And it was Abraham Lincoln who, a year earlier at Malvern Hill, picked up a corner of one of the Irish colors, kissed it, and said, "God bless the Irish flag."

Renowned Irish-American journalist Niall O'Dowd gives unprecedented insight into a relationship that began with mutual disdain. Lincoln saw the Irish as instinctive supporters of the Democratic opposition, while the Irish saw the English landlord class in Lincoln's Republicans. But that dynamic would evolve, and the Lincoln whose first political actions included intimidating Irish voters at the polls would eventually hire Irish nannies and donate to the Irish famine fund.

When he was voted into the White House, Lincoln surrounded himself with Irish staff, much to the chagrin of a senior aide who complained about the Hibernian cabal. And the Irish would repay Lincoln's faith--their numbers and courage would help swing the Civil War in his favor, and among them would be some of his best generals and staunchest advocates.

Lincoln and the Irish

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#hardcover #American #Americanhistory #history #stoves #furnaces 

Connecticut

3rd Edition

The Bible in Iron

The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave

A vibrant social history set against the backdrop of the Antebellum south and the Civil War that recreates the lives and friendship of two exceptional women: First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her mulatto dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly. “I consider you my best living friend,” Mary Lincoln wrote to Elizabeth Keckly in 1867, and indeed theirs was a close, if tumultuous, relationship. Born into slavery, mulatto Elizabeth Keckly was Mary Lincoln’s dressmaker, confidante, and mainstay during the difficult years that the Lincolns occupied the White House and the early years of Mary’s widowhood. But she was a fascinating woman in her own right, independent and already well-established as the dressmaker to the Washington elite when she was first hired by Mary Lincoln upon her arrival in the nation’s capital. Lizzy had bought her freedom in 1855 and come to Washington determined to make a life for herself as a free black, and she soon had Washington correspondents reporting that “stately carriages stand before her door, whose haughty owners sit before Lizzy docile as lambs while she tells them what to wear.” Mary Lincoln had hired Lizzy in part because she was considered a “high society” seamstress and Mary, an outsider in Washington’s social circles, was desperate for social cachet. With her husband struggling to keep the nation together, Mary turned increasingly to her seamstress for companionship, support, and advice—and over the course of those trying years, Lizzy Keckly became her confidante and closest friend. With Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly, pioneering historian Jennifer Fleischner allows us to glimpse the intimate dynamics of this unusual friendship for the first time, and traces the pivotal events that enabled these two women—one born to be a mistress, the other to be a slave—to forge such an unlikely bond at a time when relations between blacks and whites were tearing the nation apart. Beginning with their respective childhoods in the slaveholding states of Virginia and Kentucky, their story takes us through the years of tragic Civil War, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the early Reconstruction period. An author in her own right, Keckly wrote one of the most detailed biographies of Mary Lincoln ever published, and though it led to a bitter feud between the friends, it is one of the many rich resources that have enhanced Fleischner’s trove of original findings. A remarkable, riveting work of scholarship that reveals the legacy of slavery and sheds new light on the Lincoln White House, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly brings to life a mesmerizing, intimate aspect of Civil War history, and underscores the inseparability of black and white in our nation’s heritage.

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