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The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years,……続きを見る

Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sheldon Novick (with a new preface by the author; 178,000 words, 25 illustrations) Oliver Wendell Holmes is widely regarded as America’s grea……続きを見る

In the bicentennial year of Lincoln's birth, here is the one indispensable book that provides all you need to know about our most revered president in a lively and memorable question-and-answer form……続きを見る

Sitting in Darkness follows the paths of three people in the Philippines: an American soldier of fortune, a Filipino revolutionary leader, and an American historian who left the safety and limits of……続きを見る

“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and U……続きを見る

*Discusses Little Bighorn in detail and explains the controversies and mysteries still surrounding Custer's Last Stand. *Includes pictures of Custer and important people, places, and events in his l……続きを見る

A ROLLICKING NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S EMBATTLED TENURE AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF CORRUPT, PLEASURE-LOVING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1880s, AND HIS DOOMED MISSION TO WIPE OUT VICE In the ……続きを見る

The "Kentucky Tragedy" was early America's best known true crime story. In 1825, Jereboam O. Beauchamp assassinated Kentucky attorney general Solomon P. Sharp. The murder, trial, conviction, and exe……続きを見る

This is the story of the lineage of Boxing's World Heavyweight Championship from 1882-1915 and how it explains a cultural attitude toward race and identity in that era. The first true national and i……続きを見る

Amid the decline of U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans in the late nineteenth century, assimilation policy arose as the new front in the Indian Wars, with its weapons the deployment of……続きを見る

A look at the administration and functioning of the civil war era hospitals at Fortress Monroe. Illustrated.続きを見る

     The greatest California mountain man of them all was Grizzly Adams.      He was also one of the most mysterious men in the history of the American West.……続きを見る

Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. pr……続きを見る

George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer. During the Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brig……続きを見る

This fascinating collection presents a rare look at women writers' first-hand perspectives on early American history. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries many women authors began t……続きを見る

The sweeping true story of how the steam engine changed the world, from the acclaimed author of Miracle Cure If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a grap……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Stanton and important people in her life.*Includes Stanton's most colorful quotes on religion, abolition, and women's rights.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Inclu……続きを見る

On February 15, 1898, the Maine, an American battleship in Havana Harbor, blew up. It was no accident. The event led to the Spanish-American War, but the Spanish were not to blame. Here, in this ess……続きを見る

"The era of Reconstruction was short-lived but rife with historically significant activity. The central political issues of the day, according to the author, were the future integrity of the Union, ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Prefatory note Part I. ー The life history of the bison I. Discovery of the species II. Geographical……続きを見る

Before the Civil War, most Southern white people were as strongly committed to freedom for their kind as to slavery for African Americans. This study views that tragic reality through the lens of ei……続きを見る

From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron wh……続きを見る

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!続きを見る

Richard Dillon, one of California’s premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco’s exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlum gangs held sway. Chinatown, as demonstrated by Di……続きを見る

A panoramic portrait of a remarkable woman and the tumultuous Victorian era on which she made her mark, The First Lady of Fleet Street chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Rachel Beerーin……続きを見る

The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War Zachary Taylor was a soldier's soldier,……続きを見る

A trip through the ancient African Kingdom of Dahomey and description of the country and the king, Gelele and his customs. Annotated with Illustrations.続きを見る

A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of t……続きを見る

In 1827 six Osage peopleーfour men and two womenーtraveled to Europe escorted by three Americans. Their visit was big news in France, where three short publications about the travelers appeared almo……続きを見る

In the spring of 1848, revolution threatened to sweep away the old order throughout Europe. In the Austrian-occupied north of Italy, newly nurtured nationalism, further fueled by economic issues, pr……続きを見る