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*Discusses the myths, legends, and controversies surrounding Geronimo's life.*Explains where the name Geronimo originated from.*Analyzes Geronimo's legacy and depictions of him in pop culture.*Inclu……続きを見る

La Restauration, cette période de notre histoire qui fait suite à la chute du Premier Empire et voit le retour des Bourbons sur le trône de France, est une période d’apaisement et d’enrichissement p……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Beauregard and important people, places, and events in his life.*Details Beauregard's commanding roles at Fort Sumter, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Petersburg.*Discusses Beauregard'……続きを見る

A Brief look at the Pan American Exposition with Illustration by Andre Casaigne and Harry Fenn. 続きを見る

John Brown (May 9, 1800 December 2, 1859) holds a unique place in American history, often viewed as a force for good and an evil man at the same time. Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist in the U……続きを見る

In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and comm……続きを見る

William Bennett was a chaplain for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In this expansive narrative, Bennett discusses the Great Christian Revival in the Confederate army, injecting anecdotes ……続きを見る

Following the Civil War, the United States was fully engaged in a bloody conflict with ex-Confederates, conservative Democrats, and members of organized terrorist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, f……続きを見る

A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of……続きを見る

During the 1890s, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as the newly formed Populist Party joined with the Republicans to throw out do-nothing, conservative Democrats. Focusing on politica……続きを見る

“Rich, learned, briskly written, maddening yet necessary study.”ーLee Siegel, New York Times Book Review Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents Note: These Journals are from May 14, 1804, the day the expedition left the Mississippi River, to September 26, 1806, a day or two after they arrived……続きを見る

In this fresh survey of foreign relations in the early years of the American republic, William Earl Weeks argues that the construction of the new nation went hand in hand with the building of the Am……続きを見る

A fresh look at how Northern society mobilized to fight the first great modern war. From Gallman's analysis of continuity and change, it seems clear that the conflict was not the great watershed in ……続きを見る

Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain ……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book is the first to look at administration and administrative law in the earliest days of the American republic. Contrary to conventional understandings, Mashaw demonstrates tha……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Meade•The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army by George Meade•With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to ……続きを見る

Examining the lives and works of three iconic personalities ーGermaine de Staël , Stendhal, and Georges CuvierーKathleen Kete creates a groundbreaking cultural history of ambition in post-Revolution……続きを見る

For more than two hundred years a debate has raged between those who believe that jurists should follow the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and those who argue that the Constitution is a……続きを見る

In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. Incorpo……続きを見る

Humberto Garza asks intriguing questions: Why were historical figures such as Commodore Stockton, Commodore Sloat, Consul Thomas O. Larkin, and Brigadier General Kearny securing for the United State……続きを見る

Making money in 1861 takes us on a tour through the process of producing money – from the receipt of gold and silver bullion at the assay office, to the production of coins at the mint, with a fina……続きを見る

Here for the first time is told in a single volume one of the most remarkable stories in American history. An Eastener is never long in California without hearing something of “the big four”: four S……続きを見る

*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Bowie's life, including the origins of the Bowie knife and Bowie's fate at the Alamo. *Includes pictures of Bowie and other important peo……続きを見る

In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White ……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Abraham Lincoln•The Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, including the Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Inaugural Addresse……続きを見る

A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraor……続きを見る

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 October 29, 1885) was a major general during the Civil War, famous (and notorious) for organizing and commanding the Army of the Potomac. But although McC……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. MY INITIATION AND CRIME CHAPTER II. THE COAL MINES CHAPTER III. THE COAL MINES (Continued) CHAPTER IV. THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE PR……続きを見る

This book contains the complete collection of all 305 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Texas at the time of the Great Depression in the Uni……続きを見る