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Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland by Scott Shane 9781250843210
RRP: £30.00£21.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250843210Author Scott ShaneFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Riding for the Brand: A Western Trio by Louis L'Amour
RRP: £10.99£8.81Louis L'Amour's Western stories are beloved worldwide. Now, collected together for the first time in a single volume, are three of his finest tales of the West. The texts have been restored to their original appearances in magazines.In "The Lion Hunter... -
The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion by Jay Gitlin 9780300168037
£22.38"Gitlin's comprehensive portrait of mid-America's Francophone merchants demonstrates their importance as fur traders, town builders and advance agents of American empire. It adds a valuable new dimension to the story of national expansion and... -
Land of Desire by Leach
RRP: £22.00£15.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards 1993.Book InformationISBN 9780679754114Author William R. LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random... -
Alcatraz: The Gangster Years by David Ward 9780520265967
RRP: £27.00£20.93Al Capone, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly, Alvin Karpis, 'Dock' Barker - these were just a few of the legendary 'public enemies' for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In "Alcatraz: The Gangster Years", David Ward brings their... -
The Selling of the President: The Classic Account of the Packaging of a Candidate by Joe McGinniss 9780140112405
RRP: £24.00£16.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140112405Author Joe McGinnissFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm... -
Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America by Bradford W. Wright 9780801874505
RRP: £25.00£22.43As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. Selling in the millions each year for the past six decades, comic books have figured prominently in the... -
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World by David Blistein
RRP: £14.99£12.14Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2018, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even... -
Thirteen Pieces of the Jigsaw: Solving Political, Cultural and Spiritual Riddles, Past and Present by James Perloff
RRP: £19.95£16.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966816037Author James PerloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Refuge BooksPublisher Refuge BooksWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm -
The American Civil War, 1861-1865 by Reid Mitchell 9780582319738
RRP: £36.99£35.74The American Civil War caused upheaval and massive private bereavement, but the years 1861-1865 also defined a great nation.This book provides a concise introduction to events from the secession to the end of the war. It focuses on the military progress... -
Homeward Bound (Revised Edition): American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine May
£17.33When Homeward Bound first appeared in 1988, it forever changed the way we understand Cold War America. Previously, scholars understood the post-World War II era as a time when Americans turned away from politics to enjoy the fruits of peace and... -
Hitler's Commando: The Daring Missions of Otto Skorzeny and the Nazi Special Forces by Otto Skorzeny 9781510728806
RRP: £12.99£10.24Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favorite soldier and Germany's top commando in World War II, is one of the most famous men in the history of special forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure, and here he tells the full story. ... -
Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level by James K. Sebenius
RRP: £17.99£11.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062694188Author James K. SebeniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Sister to the Sioux: The Memoirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1885-1891 by Elaine Goodale Eastman 9780803267527
RRP: £12.99£11.13In 1885 a genteel New England girl traveled to the western frontier to open a school on the Great Sioux Reservation. For six years, Elaine Goodale Eastman taught, hunted with, and lived among the Lakotas, who were experiencing profound changes as buffalo... -
Sensibility and the American Revolution by Sarah Knott 9780807859186
RRP: £42.95£39.76In the wake of American independence, it was clear that the new United States required novel political forms. Less obvious but no less revolutionary was the idea that the American people needed a new understanding of the self. Sensibility was a cultural... -
Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination by Richard Belzer
RRP: £12.99£12.17A New York Times Best Seller!Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time they're going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits... -
Gender and the Sectional Conflict by Nina Silber 9781469627076
RRP: £37.95£35.33In an insightful exploration of gender relations during the Civil War, Nina Silber compares broad ideological constructions of masculinity and femininity among Northerners and Southerners. She argues that attitudes about gender shaped the experiences of... -
Fights on the Little Horn: Unveiling the Mysteries of Custer's Last Stand by Gordon Harper 9781612005638
£17.03Winner of the 2014 John Carroll Award, presented annually by The Little Big Horn Associates, as their Literary Award for the best book/monograph during the preceding year.Winner 2014 G. Joseph Sills Jr. Book AwardThis remarkable book synthesizes a... -
Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown by Kevin J. McMahon
RRP: £26.00£24.85Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial... -
Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union by Niall O'Dowd
RRP: £14.99£9.36From the founder of IrishCentral, a fascinating piece of Civil War history: Lincoln's relationship with the immigrants arriving in America to escape the Irish famine. "If you're a Lincoln fan like me, you'll love this book." -Liam NeesonWhen Pickett... -
Wildsam Field Guides: The Hamptons and North Fork by Edited By Taylor Bruce
RRP: £24.00£13.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467199704Author Edited By Taylor BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint WildsamPublisher WildsamWeight(grams) 107g -
Bob Dylan's New York by June Sawyers 9781467149662
RRP: £21.99£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467149662Author June Skinner SawyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 249mm *... -
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg
RRP: £19.99£12.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316449212Author Emma Copley EisenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
Father Struck It Rich by Evalyn Walsh McLean 9781890437268
RRP: £18.95£15.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890437268Author Evalyn Walsh McLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Western Reflections Publishing Co.Publisher Western Reflections Publishing Co... -
Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie Leduff 9780143124467
RRP: £19.00£12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124467Author Charlie LeDuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 139mm... -
Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper by Brooke L. Blower 9780199322008
RRP: £26.99£23.20A vivid narrative of an ill-fated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and, through them, the impact of Americans' global connections. On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated... -
Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952 by Cathie Pelletier
RRP: £22.00£14.05A vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human endurance. For many, the past few years have been defined by climate disaster. Stories about once-in-a-lifetime hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts and even... -
The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City by John Gerassi 9780295981673
RRP: £16.99£15.07"Written in 1965 about a same-sex sexual scandal that occurred in 1955 in Boise, Idaho, John Gerassi's classic study depicts both middle America's traditional response to homosexuality and an era in the country's history before the modern gay rights... -
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings Vol. 2 1859-1865 (LOA #46) by Abraham Lincoln
RRP: £32.00£22.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940450639Author Abraham LincolnFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)... -
The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan by James
RRP: £22.00£13.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439176849Author James M. ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)... -
Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
RRP: £9.99£7.29`to the European, the American is first and foremost a dollar-fiend. We tend to forget the emotional heritage of Hector St John de Crevecoeur' When D.H. Lawrence made this statement in his Studies in Classic American Literature, he was thinking of... -
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner
£14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140159943Author Wallace StegnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 329g -
Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color by Michael R. Fischbach
RRP: £23.99£19.19The 1967 Arab-Israeli War rocketed the question of Israel and Palestine onto the front pages of American newspapers. Black Power activists saw Palestinians as a kindred people of color, waging the same struggle for freedom and justice as themselves. Soon... -
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton by Andrew Porwancher
RRP: £22.00£17.36The untold story of the founding father's likely Jewish birth and upbringing-and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of... -
The Suburban Crisis: White America and the War on Drugs by Matthew D. Lassiter 9780691177281
RRP: £35.00£27.74How the drug war transformed American political cultureSince the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilitation instead of incarceration whenever they break... -
Made In California: The California-Born Diners, Burger Joints, Restaurants & Fast Food that Changed America by George Geary
RRP: £28.99£20.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945551918Author George GearyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Prospect Park BooksPublisher Prospect Park Books -
US Army Long-range Patrol Scout in Vietnam 1965-71 by Gordon Rottman 9781846032509
RRP: £14.99£12.52Osprey's survey of the Long-Range Patrol Scouts of the US Army during the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The Vietnamese knew the Long-Range Patrol Scouts as "the men with green faces," a reference to the camouflage paint that they used. Operating in... -
JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think About Claims of Conspiracy by John McAdams
RRP: £15.99£13.76The mother of all conspiracy theories is about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Many of its elements have become part of American folklore: the single bullet, the Grassy Knoll shooter, and the mysterious deaths of interested parties. JFK... -
The Age of Jackson by Arthur M. Schlesinger 9780316773430
RRP: £25.99£20.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316773430Author Arthur M. SchlesingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 672g -
Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America by Anthony Vaver 9780983674405
RRP: £16.99£15.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983674405Author Anthony VaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Pickpocket PublishingPublisher Pickpocket PublishingWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm)...