Civil War

In Civil War Trivia and Fact Book more than 2,000 unusual, interesting, and little-known facts are assembled in a volume that will tantalize the mind at ev...

The basis for the Academy Award®-winning movie!"A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels...

A Collection Of 16 Documents Of Abraham Lincoln's Speeches, Proclamations, And Personal Correspondence. The Perpetuation Of Our Political Institutions: Addr...

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-best...

Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions...

"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from...

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...

The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II First published in 1947, War ...

"Absorbing and convincing ... a major contribution to Lincolniana."—David H. Donald, author of Lincoln This definitive biography of Mary Todd Lincoln be...

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

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

On May 18, 1860, in the midst of the nominating battle at the Republican National Convention, four contenders–Lincoln, Seward, Chase and Bates–wait in the...

A Collection Of Letters Between Martha Gellhorn And Her Family, Friends, Lovers, Politicians And Cultural Figures During The 1930's Usa, Spanish Civil War, ...

In An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln, Michael Burlingame has uncovered buried Lincoln treasure from the papers of one of Lincoln’s private secretaries, J...

Twenty years ago, in 1954, novelist Shelby Foote began this monumental work with these words: "It was a Monday in Washington, January 21; Jefferson Davis r...

This Multiple Biography Is Centered On Lincoln's Mastery Of Men And How It Shaped The Most Significant Presidency In The Nation's History. Historian Goodwin...

William Baxter ; Introduction By William L. Shea. Originally Published: Cincinnati : Poe & Hitchcock, 1864.Categories: History United StatesState & ...

Traces The History Of Emancipation And Its Impact On The Civil War, Discussing How Lincoln And The Republicans Fought Primarily For Freeing Slaves Throughou...

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the sta...

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...

liddell Hart Considered General Sherman The Dominant Military Genius Of The Civil War; To Prove His Point, He Traced Sherman's Military Campaigns, From The ...

This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War." "From diari...

Elizabeth R. Varon. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 435-487) And Index.Categories: HistoryMilitary

The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America’s most storied military figures. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet ab...

sifting Carefully Through Reports From Newspapers, Magazines, Personal Memoirs, And Letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 Brings Readers More Of The Best First...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the ...

The Definitive Book On Freedmen's Teachers In The South As Well As An Outstanding Contribution To Social History And Our Understanding Of African American E...

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

Ordeal by Fire blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story-...

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