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"A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details." --Publishers Weekly"Interesting and exciting . . . a thorou...
View full detailsIn 1801, relations between the world's only two republics, the United States and France, were at a low ebb. American merchants had just lost millio...
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A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the ...
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The final quarter of the classic volume written by Scott, Tales of a Grandfather, covering the history of Scotland up to Scott's time. We earn a co...
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The tragic story of the disastrous London fire is told here from both a human and architectural point of view, as the fire destroyed lives along wi...
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Captain John Smith tells the real story behind the swashbuckling character who founded the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in English in Am...
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By the end of 1798, France--"our oldest ally"--had captured or sunk more than eight hundred American ships, and President John Adams called George ...
View full detailsWith a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of Louisiana, Dean Shapiro provides a valuable and revealing h...
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They did the dirty work of the American RevolutionTheir spontaneous uprisings and violent actions steered America toward resistance to the Acts of...
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At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Musl...
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A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America...
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(From the Preface) This book on the history of Farmington represents more than two and a half years of work by the staff of the Farmington Public L...
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"Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men." -Thomas Fleming, author ...
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"Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immortality upon him; envis...
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The Constitution was two years old and the United States was in serious danger. Bitter political rivalry between former allies and two surging issu...
View full detailsAn authoritative, accessible guide to the figures who shaped a nationHow did upstart colonists solidify the ideas celebrated in the Declaration of ...
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The history of Ireland told through the words of the people who lived it Eyewitness to Irish History draws upon original source materials to captu...
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The Ultimate Warship Her keel measured 126 feet, and she stretched to 160 feet overall. Her 46.5-foot beam sacrificed speed for the sake of stabili...
View full detailsDiscover the war that shaped North America in this fully illustrated companion to the PBS television documentary. It has been almost two full cent...
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In the first major biography of Noah Webster in over sixty years, author Harlow Unger creates an intriguing portrait of the United States as an ene...
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AN ENLIGHTENING, EXPANDED VIEW OF AMERICAN MARITIME HISTORY From Native Americans with birch bark canoes and inventive colonists who took fishing ...
View full detailsThis is the first truly complete treatment of the history and genealogy of Plymouth Colony. It includes a concise history of the colony, both chron...
View full detailsWith a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling book Historic Photos of Chicago, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing hist...
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The Sons of the Republic of Texas tells the story of the Republic of Texas beginning with its birth on April 21, 1836. Includes a brief history of ...
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