Colonial Period

Exact reproduction of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Authentic recipes for colonial favorites — pumpkin pudding, wint...

Told by one of our country's greatest historians, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the extraordinary history of the birth of our countr...

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...

as A North American Of European Ancestry, Victoria Freeman Sought To Answer The Following Question: How Did I Come To Inherit A Society That Has Disposses...

To say that Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was determined is like saying the sun is warm. La Salle made his way from Eastern Canada to the Great L...

Washington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-reinventions in history. In his mid-twenties, this third son of a modest Virginia planter had ruined ...

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible...

On September 4, 1755, The Pennsylvania Gazette Printed A Dispatch From The Maritime Province Of Nova Scotia: We Are Now Upon A Great And Noble Scheme Of Sen...

William E. Nelson here proposes a new beginning in the study of colonial legal history. Examining all archival legal material for the period 1607-1776 and...

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

John Wheeler (1591-1670), Son Of Dominick Wheeler And Mercy Jelly, Married Agnes Yeoman. They Emigrated From England To Massachusetts In 1634. Descendants A...