19th Century

In Gone to Texas, historian Randolph Campbell ranges from the first arrival of humans in the Panhandle some 10,000 years ago to the dawn of the twenty-first...

The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the Titanic disaster was in the twentieth. Nathaniel Philbrick now re...

***Finalist, 2012 National Jewish Book Awards, American-Jewish Studies*** Part of the Jewish Encounter series A riveting account of General Ulysses S. Gr...

Harry Evans Has Edited Everything From The Urgent Files Of Battlefield Reporters To The Complex Thought Processes Of Henry Kissinger. He's Even Been Knighte...

A Revolutionary New Appraisal Of The Old West And The America It Made The Open Range Cattle Era Lasted Barely A Quarter-century, But It Left America Irrevoc...

In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of t...

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino Comes A Searing Account Of The Wilmington Riot And Coup Of 1898, An Extraordinary Event Unknown To Most AmericansC...

National Bestseller  When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the ...

the Award-winning Pbs Series Spawned This Book, Which Is Filled With Evocative Photographs And Essays From Some Of The Nation's Leading Civil War Historian...

memory Is As Central To Modern Politics As Politics Is Central To Modern Memory. We Are So Accustomed To Living In A Forest Of Monuments, To Having The Pas...

The Account Of An Unprecedented Feat Of Engineering, Vision, And Courage. It Is The Story Of The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad-the Investors W...

This book blends international relations and gender history to provide a new understanding of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. Kristin L. ...

Battle Of Gettysburg Maps -- Union Brigades -- Corps (reynolds, Doubleday, Newton) -- 1st Division (wadsworth) -- 1st Brigade (meredith) -- 2nd Brigade (cut...

Book by Norton, Oliver WillcoxCategories: History United States19th Century

Book by Martin, David G.Categories: History United States19th Century

In this new interpretation of the making of modern America, prizewinning historian Alan Dawley traces the group struggles involved in the nation's rise to p...

First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Winning acclaim for its comprehensi...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris ...

from The Bestselling Author Of The Definitive Book On D-day Comes The Definitive Book On The Most Momentous Expedition In American History And One Of The G...

Comprehensive reference work which provides information on the military and civilian leaders, the campaigns, battles, weapons, military terms, issues, naval...

Uses accounts by Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as local civilians, from diaries, letters, books, and newspapers to recreate the Battle of Gettysbu...

The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of ...

A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era—the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series K...

In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle but won for their cause an almost unparalleled measure of ...

America, how well do you know your history? Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses? Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to d...

William L. Barney. Includes Bibliographies And Index.Categories: History United States19th Century

The Account Of An Unprecedented Feat Of Engineering, Vision, And Courage. It Is The Story Of The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad-the Investors W...

Professor Allan J. Lichtman, Who Has Correctly Forecasted Thirty Years Of Presidential Outcomes, Makes The Case For Impeaching The 45th President Of The Uni...

America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad...

Presents A Pictorial History Of The Civil War That Includes Artifacts, Maps, Personal Narratives, And Historical Timelines For Each Year Of The War. An Impe...

Winston Groom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 293-298) And Index.Categories: History United States Civil WarCampaigns & Battlefields

In March 1836, The Mexican Army Led By General Santa Anna Massacred About 200-250 Texans Who Had Been Trapped In A Tiny Adobe Church In San Antonio For Thir...

A Conclusion To The Award-winning Historian's Three-volume History Of Slavery In Western Culture Includes Coverage Of The Influential Haitian Revolution, Th...

Confederate Williamsburg. A Line Of Defense -- Sickly Season -- Rumors Of War -- The Battle Of Williamsburg. Sunday Skirmish -- Pandemonium Broke Loose -- A...

This book begins with an introductory overview of the socio-political climate of the state of Mississippi during the 1850s and ends with a treatment of its ...

Our most acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction has turned his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story-the...

An account of the 1864 Virginia Campaign draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and regimental histories.Categories: History United StatesCivil War

Tobin Met Ozella Williams In The Old Market Building In Charleston, South Carolina, And Learned Of The Oral Tradition And Coded Quilts Used To Navigate Esca...

In Thomas Dixon's Novel That Became The Film The Birth Of A Nation, The Scalawag - A White Southerner Who Supported Congressional Reconstruction And The Rep...

Maude Travers gulped for air. Why had this man struck her? Why was she on this kitchen floor in this ramshackle tenement? Blinking hard she was instantly si...

The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create® includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest an...