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They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
RRP: £16.99£12.46Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History: a bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy "Stunning."-Rebecca Onion, Slate "Makes a vital contribution to our understanding of our past and present... -
Nothing But Blood and Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas - Volume 2 1780 by Patrick O'Kelley 9781591135883
£22.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591135883Author Patrick O'KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint Booklocker Inc.,USPublisher Booklocker Inc.,USWeight(grams) 709gDimensions(mm)... -
The Jekyll Island Club by Tyler E Bagwell 9780738517964
RRP: £21.99£15.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738517964Author Tyler E BagwellFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g -
Miami by Joan Didion 9781783785247
RRP: £10.99£7.32This is a surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War. Miami may be the sunniest place in America but this is Didion's darkest book, in which she explores... -
Black Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation and Anti-Communism in the South, 1948-1968 by Jeff Woods 9780807129265
£22.59At the height of the cold war, southern segregationists exploited the reigning mood of anxiety by linking the civil rights movement to an international Communist conspiracy. Jeff Woods tells a gripping story of fervent crusaders for racial equality swept... -
Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America by Benjamin Woolley 9780060090579
RRP: £16.99£13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060090579Author Benjamin WoolleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 by Jo Ann Carrigan 9781935754480
RRP: £24.95£19.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935754480Author Jo Ann CarriganFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint University of LouisianaPublisher University of LouisianaWeight(grams)... -
The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: £10.99£7.12The history America never wanted you to read. 'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands 'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan 'One of the must-reads of the year' Suzannah Lipscomb 'Brilliant and... -
The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice by Author David Hill 9781250782748
RRP: £19.00£15.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250782748Author Author David HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 135mm *... -
Charlottesville Untold: Inside Unite The Right by Anne Wilson Smith 9781947660588
RRP: £30.00£17.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947660588Author Anne Wilson SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Shotwell Publishing LLCPublisher Shotwell Publishing LLCWeight(grams)... -
DK Eyewitness Florida by DK Eyewitness 9780241623183
RRP: £14.99£10.95Whether you want to visit the Mission Control Room at the Kennedy Space Center, take an airboat ride in the Everglades or discover the historic Coral Gables, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Florida has to offer. Florida... -
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette 9781556529580
RRP: £18.99£13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556529580Author Ned SubletteFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Lawrence Hill BooksPublisher Lawrence Hill BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 226mm... -
Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore 9781469651880
RRP: £32.95£30.34This classic work helps recover the central role of black women in the political history of the Jim Crow era. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore explores the pivotal and interconnected roles played by gender and race in North Carolina politics from the period... -
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie
£30.80American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the federal government intervened on behalf of nonwhite people, many white Americans fought back in the name of freedom-their freedom... -
Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee by Michael Korda 9780062116307
RRP: £11.99£8.26In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, and T. E. Lawrence, has written the first major biography of Lee in nearly twenty years,... -
Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White
RRP: £13.99£11.56Living with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation South assumed roles within the family and community that contrasted sharply with traditional female roles in the larger American society. This revised edition of Ar'n't I a... -
The Book of the Dead by Murial Rukeyser
RRP: £17.95£10.10Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American... -
The Men Who United the States by Simon Winchester
RRP: £14.99£9.70From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation. For more than two centuries, E pluribus unum - out of many, one - has been featured on America's official government seals and... -
I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns by Jarvis Deberry
RRP: £20.00£13.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608011858Author Jarvis DeberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of New Orleans PressPublisher University of New Orleans PressWeight(grams)... -
American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan
RRP: £14.99£13.43In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only... -
The Earl of Louisiana by A. J. Liebling 9780807133439
RRP: £16.95£11.15In the summer of 1959, A. J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events that began with Governor Earl K. Long's commitment to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to... -
The Child in the Electric Chair: The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South by Eli Faber
RRP: £21.95£16.92At 7:30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year-old Black boy walked with his Bible tucked under his arm. The guards strapped his slight,... -
Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina by Judkin Browning 9781469613703
RRP: £29.95£29.22In the spring of 1862, Union forces marched into neighbouring Carteret and Craven Counties in southeastern North Carolina, marking the beginning of an occupation that would continue for the rest of the war. Focusing on a wartime community with divided... -
Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul by Matthew Ruddick 9781496838407
RRP: £27.95£16.52Rufus Thomas may not be a household name, but he is widely regarded as the patriarch of Memphis R&B, and his music influenced three generations. His first singles in the early 1950s were recorded as blues transitioned into R&B, and he was arguably one of... -
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne 9780812976502
RRP: £18.99£13.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812976502Author Jed HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Times BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374g -
Before and After by Lisa Wingate
RRP: £9.99£6.80The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were YoursFrom the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society... -
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War by Michael Gorra
RRP: £14.99£11.80Michael Gorra asks provocative questions in this historic portrait of William Faulkner and his world. He explores whether William Faulkner should still be read in this new century and asks what his works tell us about the legacy of slavery and the... -
Disney World at 50: The Stories of How Walt's Kingdom Became Magic in Orlando by Orlando Sentinel
RRP: £30.95£24.83Celebrating 50 years of The Most Magical Place on Earth Since its opening in October 1971, Walt Disney World has continued to expand and evolve as the most visited vacation resort in the world. What hasn't changed over five decades is the incomparable... -
Georgia Guidestones: America'S Most Mysterious Monument by Raymond Wiley 9781934708682
RRP: £15.99£11.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934708682Author Raymond WileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Disinformation CompanyPublisher Disinformation Company -
Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address by Stephen Birmingham
RRP: £13.99£10.84Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social history which describes the lives of the rich and trendy who have lived at the Dakota, a New York apartment house daringly erected in 1884, "too far up" and on the wrong side of town. In Stephen... -
New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend by Marita Woywod Crandle 9781467137423
RRP: £21.99£14.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467137423Author Marita Woywod CrandleFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm... -
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt
RRP: £20.99£18.84In May 1830, the United States formally launched a policy to expel Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Justified as a humanitarian enterprise, the undertaking was to be systematic and rational, overseen by... -
The Best of Enemies, Movie Edition: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson 9781469646602
RRP: £19.95£13.65C. 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... -
The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION Sarah M. Broom 9781472155597
RRP: £9.99£6.80A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION'A major book that I suspect will come to be considered among the essential memoirs of this vexing decade' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae... -
The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 by Duane Meyer 9780807841990
RRP: £28.95£27.03Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and... -
The Yellow House: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION Sarah M. Broom 9781472155573
RRP: £16.99£11.54A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION'A major book that I suspect will come to be considered among the essential memoirs of this vexing decade' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae... -
Medicalizing Blackness: Making Racial Difference in the Atlantic World, 1780-1840 by Rana A. Hogarth 9781469632872
£31.27In 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... -
Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century by Kevin M Kern
RRP: £56.99£37.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368052849Author Kevin M. KernFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc. -
Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino 9780802148650
RRP: £12.99£11.76Apologies 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 -
Early Settlers of Georgia, a List of The. by E Merton Coulter 9780893089436
RRP: £18.50£15.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893089436Author E Merton CoulterFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Southern Historical Press, Inc.Publisher Southern Historical Press, Inc...