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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949123159Author Daniel Alan BrubakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Think & TellPublisher Think & TellWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

As the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination draws near, the events of that fateful day will undoubtedly be on the minds of many throughout the world. Here Dean Owen curates a fascinating collection of interviews and thought-provoking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467119030Author Alison FortierFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449004395Author David DalberstamFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 647g

The Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's turning point, produced over 57,000 casualties, the largest number from the entire war that was itself America's bloodiest conflict. On the third day of fierce fighting, Robert E. Lee's attempt to invade the...

In the summer of 1860 the author of these recollections, Mary Ann Stucki, then six years old, walked beside her parents' handcart from Florence (Omaha), Nebraska, to Salt Lake City, Utah. The family, converts to Mormonism, had left their comfortable home...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595580726Author Studs TerkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint The New PressPublisher The New PressWeight(grams) 473g

This gripping narrative is an in-depth study of the valiant men of General John Caldwell's Union Division during the Gettysburg Campaign. Caldwell's Division made a desperate stand against a tough and determined Confederate force in farmer George Rose's...

American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian," who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of Three Mile Island, site of a notorious nuclear accident; the sorrowful spectacle of oil-soaked wildlife...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743296595Author William Jr. KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

When Edward Snowden began leaking NSA documents in June 2013, his actions sparked impassioned debates about electronic surveillance, national security, and privacy in the digital age. The Snowden Reader looks at Snowden's disclosures and their aftermath...

In 1775 General George Washington secretly armed a handful of small ships and sent them to sea against the world's mightiest navy. From the author of the critically acclaimed Benedict Arnold's Navy, here is the story of how America's first...

The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump's candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth...

In Paradise of the Pacific, Susanna Moore, the award-winning author of In the Cut and The Life of Objects, pieces together the elusive, dramatic story of Hawai'i - a place of kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries and explorers - a...

In the spring of 1862, George McClellan and his massive army were slowly making their way up the Virginia Peninsula. Their goal: capture the Confederate capital and end the rebellion. “To Hell or Richmond” one Federal artillery unit vowed, sewing the...

An in-depth look at American copyright law and the flaws of its current legal framework Copyright reflects far more than economic interests. Embedded within conflicts over royalties and infringement are cultural values-about race, class, access,...

In this innovative study of the South Carolina Low Country, author Stephanie McCurry explores the place of the yeomanry in plantation society-the complex web of domestic and public relations within which they were enmeshed, and the contradictory politics...

Born after the Revolution, the first generation of Americans inherited a truly new world--and, with it, the task of working out the terms of Independence. Anyone who started a business, marketed a new invention, ran for office, formed an association, or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307276452Author Joseph J. EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743299640Author Harold HolzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948742924Author Ed SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Belt PublishingPublisher Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 183mm * 124mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647487669Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

In Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s, Michael Franczak demonstrates how Third World solidarity around the New International Economic Order (NIEO) forced US presidents from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to consolidate American...

Examines how the media influenced ideas of race and beauty among African American women from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II. Between the Harlem Renaissance and the end of World War II, a complicated discourse emerged surrounding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307386632Author Glenn W. LaFantasieFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

In a recent poll of leading historians, Charles A. Dana was Named among the "Twenty-Five Most Influential Civil War Figures You've Probably Never Heard Of." If you have heard of Dana, it was probably from his classic Recollections of the Civil War...

This book tracks the rise and fall of an underworld culture that bred some of America's greatest racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, examining the careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel...

Mountains-so beautiful, the land dominated by the Colorado Rockies, that miners who "thought of returning to the comfort and dull security of their homes back east," in Marshall Sprague's words, "found themselves held by the appeal of...

This book is about governmental change in America. It examines the reconstruction of institutional power relationships that had to be negotiated among the courts, the parties, the president, the Congress and the states in order to accommodate the...

During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal carried out a program of dramatic reform to counter the unprecedented failures of the market economy exposed by the Great Depression. Contrary to the views of today's conservative critics, this book...

To the Gates of Atlanta covers the period from the Confederate victory at Kennesaw Mountain, 27 June 1864, leading up to the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, 20 July 1864, and the first of four major battles for Atlanta that culminated in the Battle of...

In this entertaining and informative book, Walter Friedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. From the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062275653Author Mitchell ZuckoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588334Author Norman MailerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July 1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how did these American colonies overcome long odds to create a durable union capable of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743243803Author Katherine StreeterFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

When he took office in 1969, the term that Richard Nixon embraced to describe his plan for ending the American war in Vietnam was "Vietnamization," the process of withdrawing US troops and turning over responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743258050Author Teresa CarpenterFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Simon and SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster Ltd

In the spring of 1883 Apache raiders massacred Judge McComas and his wife and kidnapped their six-year-old son, Charley, as the family traveled on a desolate road in southwestern New Mexico Territory, all victims of revenge sought by the Apaches for Gen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439139349Author David A NicholsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408g