Collins - 19th Century 1

In this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, North Carolina, families over 125 years to create a full accounting of the long-term effects ……続きを見る

A "remarkable" account of a Native American's battle for his civil rights in 19th century America ( Washington Times ). In a federal courtroom in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1879, Standing Bear, clan chief ……続きを見る

Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch is a stunning poetry collection published for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, featuring the works of some of the most accomplished and successful Latter-day Saint ……続きを見る

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the acclaimed author of What the Ermine Saw and Behaving Badly, a portrait of Victoria Woodhull, a celebrated and maligned 19th-century business……続きを見る

Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the day: America's Mayor, the father figure we could all rely on to be tough, to be wise, to do the right thing. In that unce……続きを見る

The true story of a queen deposed, a five-year police state, an attempted counter-coup, and the end of an independent nation. On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged empl……続きを見る

This is a Civil War book about a little known engagement that took place two days before the important Battle of Monocacy which is referred to as the battle that saved Washington, D.C. from capture ……続きを見る

During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Cattle rustlers, regu……続きを見る

The president who served the shortest termーjust a single monthーbut whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's highest office William Henry Harrison died ……続きを見る