Civil War

Winner of the Lincoln Prize This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln’s mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency ...

Traces The Story Of Former Slaves Thornton And Lucie Blackburn, Who Launched A Daring Escape From Their Slave Masters In 1831 And Became The Subjects Of A L...

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...

The first volume of Shelby Foote's tremendous narrative of the Civil War was greeted enthusiastically by critics and readers alike (see back of jacket for ...

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...

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

The "Calico Boys" of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers went to Gettysburg in 1863 and fought in the epic battle of the Civil War. In the very opening of the infa...

Abraham Lincoln Towers Above The Others Who Have Held The Office Of President--the Pillar Of Strength Whose Words Bound Up The Nation's Wounds. His Presiden...

The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world—-and back in the nineteenth century, a great man held that office. William Lee...

A Revelatory Account Of The Actions Taken By The First President To Retain His Slaves In Spite Of Northern Laws. Profiles One Of The Slaves, Ona Judge, Desc...

It Was A Time, Much Like Today, When Americans Feared For The Future Of Their Democracy And Women Stood Up For Equal Treatment. At The Crossroads Of The Wat...

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 abridgment…is still the best one-volume biography of Lee." —Chicago Tribune "Lee provides an opportunity for a new generation to better understa...

On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bast...

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 ...

...one Of The Most Compelling Accounts Of Slavery And One Of The Most Unique Of The One Hundred Or So Slave Narratives - Mostly Written By Men - Published B...

The first book to present the greatest photographs of the Civil War in the three-dimensional format in which they were originally taken and meant to be seen...

In 1889, Broken Shackles was published in Toronto under the pseudonym of Glenelg. This very unique book, containing the recollections of a resident of Owen...

The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln Set Off The Greatest Manhunt In American History. From April 14 To April 26, 1865, The Assassin Led Union Cavalry And Detectiv...

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...

Product Description #1 New York Times BestsellerFox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant "To Rescue ...

This work is totally original; indeed, it pioneers a new field. . . . A remarkable account of a dimension of war that is much neglected. . . . It is deeply...

Brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters—-from Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant and Custer himself—-this is his...

The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the gr...

During the Spanish Civil War, women - long oppressed in Spain - were active both on the front and in the rear guard. This book is the first to focus on Span...

This famous memoir by John McCorkle, reissued for the first time, is the best published account by a scout who "rode with Quantrill." John McCorkle was a y...

The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town’s ex-slaves and a white lawyer’s historic battle to bring the perpretators to justice Following the Ci...

In 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. Gran...

A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an aberration, but a regu...

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

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "[A] LANDMARK BOOK." --San Francisco Chronicle "POWERFUL." --The New York Times Book Review "GRIPPING." --The Boston Sunday Globe...

The thrilling adventures of traveler, rancher, and fighter Big-Foot” Wallace in a bygone era of the American frontier. Amid the embroiling conflicts of f...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted seces...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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...