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July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady tumult of events was news that William S...

Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York's Fletcher Pratt Literary Award Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table's Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize Winner of an Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award "A superb account"...

One of Janet Maslin's Favorite Books of 2018, The New York TimesOne of John Warner's Favorite Books of 2018, Chicago TribuneNamed one of the "Best Civil War Books of 2018" by the Civil War Monitor"A fascinating and important new historical study."-Janet...

Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a cauldron of sex and song, greed and race hatred-a street that inspired folk legends and reshaped American politics. Preston Lauterbach tells this story through the life of the...

C. P. Ellis grew up in the poor white section of Durham, North Carolina, and as a young man joined the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802148650Author David ZucchinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

In 1748, as yellow fever raged in Charleston, South Carolina, doctor John Lining remarked, ""There is something very singular in the constitution of the Negroes, which renders them not liable to this fever."" Lining's comments presaged ideas about...

The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a few hours, the army lost 6,000 men and a score of generals. Rather than pause, John Bell Hood marched his army north to Nashville. He had risked everything on a successful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561641154Author Gene BurnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Near Appomattox, during a cease-fire in the Civil War, Confederate general Martin R. Gary harangued his troops to stand fast and not lay down their arms. This text chronicles the rise of a post-Civil War southern culture of defiance that still remains...

In 1912, a young girl's murder rocked the rural community of Forsyth County, Georgia and led a mob of whites to lynch a black man on the town square. Later, bands of night-riders declared Forsyth "whites-only" and sent 1,100 citizens running for their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250086112Author Author David HillFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375708275Author Erik LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the ""long Civil Rights movement,"" Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and...

A comprehensive history of the Chickasaw tribe, whose territory, before they were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800s, was located east of the Mississippi river. The author traces their history as far back as documentation and archaeology allow and...

The twelve essays in this book, some published for the first time, represent some of Tony Badger's best work in his ongoing examination of how white liberal southern politicians who came to prominence in the New Deal and World War II handled the race...

Everything you need to know about the bloody history of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, from its inception in 1866 to its current abominations, is here. During Reconstruction, the KKK "redeemed" the state for white, one-party rule, then disbanded. In 1915,...

In 2013, National Geographic Traveler chose St. Augustine as one of "20 must-see places and best trips in the world." But while tourists take in the fort and stroll the cobblestone streets, few visitors are aware of the remarkable history of this oldest...

Douglas S. Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning four-volume study on Robert E. Lee remains the most thorough history of the man. After spending so many years with his subject, Freeman claimed he knew where Lee was every day of his life, from West Point until...

Contrary to popular belief, the Eastern Theater during the late summer and fall of 1863 was anything but inconsequential. Generals George Meade and Robert E. Lee continued where they had left off, boldly maneuvering the chess pieces of war to gain a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997421316Author Davis G McCownFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Lavaca Publications & Media, LLCPublisher Lavaca Publications & Media,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780062977403Author Imani PerryFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

When her family moved from Puerto Rico to Atlanta, Von Diaz traded plantains, roast pork, and Malta for grits, fried chicken, and sweet tea. Brimming with humor and nostalgia, Coconuts and Collards is a recipe-packed memoir of growing up Latina in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780770437084Author Gary KristFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

The exquisite antebellum mansions of the Garden District. Giant oaks stretching across boulevards and back in time to before the Civil War. The decadence of Bourbon Street. The vibrant sounds of jazz, blues, and Cajun music coming from every doorway or...

"A powerful story, skillfully told." -Booklist A new portrait of Robert Kennedy, a politician who, for all his faults, had the uncommon courage to stand up to a president from his own party and shine a light on America's shortcomings In early 1968,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596298927Author Keven McQueenFormat PaperbackPage Count 109Imprint History Press (SC)Publisher History Press (SC)Weight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467113229Author James a KushlanFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g

Catholicism and Native Americans in Early North America interrogates the profound cultural impacts of Catholic policies and practice in La Florida during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Catholicism and Native Americans in Early North America...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467139847Author Lisa M RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 18g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455623419Author Kathy Chappetta SpiessFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing CoWeight(grams) 0g

This third edition of A South Carolina Chronology offers a year-by-year chronology of landmark dates and events in South Carolina's recorded history. Unique to this volume are nearly thirty additional years of notable events and important updates to...

Just off the coast of the Gulf Islands National Seashore lies Cat Island, an isolated, T-shaped sliver of sand with a remarkable past. A coveted hiding place for Jean Lafitte's pirate treasure in the late eighteenth century and illegal booze during...

New Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a year. A fascinating investigation into the mile-long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681064963Author Paige WattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Reedy PressPublisher Reedy Press

This issue of Southern Cultures features contributions by DeLana R. A., Adam Gussow, Melissa Gwynn, John Oliver Hodges, Meredith L. McCoy, Anthony J. Stanonis, William Sturkey, and Rachel Wallace.Book InformationISBN 9780807852828Author Harry L...

The one hundred Arkansas women profiled in Notable Women of Arkansas have glittered in the national spotlight. They have blazed trails in athlet- ics, civil rights, literature, politics, science, show business, and the arts. They have been outlaws and...

Using archival primary material such as photographs, yearbooks, artwork, and first-person written accounts, A Captive Audience gives an inside look at the experiences of young people at the Rohwer and Jerome Relocation Centers in Arkansas during the...

A man squanders his family fortune until he is penniless, loses every time he runs for public office, and yet is so admired by the people of Arkansas that the General Assembly names a county in his honor. A renowned writer makes her home in the basement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634991858Author Liz RollFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fonthill Media LLcPublisher Fonthill Media LLc