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Levy, Leonard W. Emergence Of a Free Press Ivan R. Dee 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153148. ISBN #1566635608 / 9781566635608. (filed under: American History ) *
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Levy, Leonard W. Origins of the Bill of Rights Yale Univ Press 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or1146743. ISBN #0300089015 / 9780300089011. (keywords: CIVIL RIGHTS UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Abbott1019xyz) (filed under: American History ) *
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Lind, Michael (CART) Alamo: An Epic Houghton Mifflin Company 1997 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1146472. ISBN #0395827582 / 9780395827581. (keywords: Alamo Texas Revolution Battle History Poetry Epic Poem) (filed under: American History ) *
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Lindsey, Almont Pullman Strike; the Story of a Unique Experiement and of a Great Labor Upheaval Phoenix Books 1942 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1181914. (keywords: RAILROADS) (filed under: American History ) *
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Linenthal, Edward T. Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112513. ISBN #0195136721 / 9780195136722. (filed under: American History ) *
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Linenthal, Edward T. Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112513. ISBN #0195136721 / 9780195136722. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On April 19, 1995 the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City shook the nation, destroying our complacent sense of safety and sending a community into a tailspin of shock, grief, and bewilderment. Almost as difficult as the bombing itself has been the aftermath, its legacy for Oklahoma City and for the nation, and the struggle to recover from this unprecedented attack. In The Unfinished Bombing , Edward T. Linenthal explores the many ways Oklahomans and other Americans have tried to grapple with this catastrophe. Working with exclusive access to materials gathered by the Oklahoma City National Memorial Archive and drawing from over 150 personal interviews with family members of those murdered, survivors, rescuers, and many others, Linenthal looks at how the bombing threatened cherished ideas about American innocence, sparked national debate on how to respond to terrorism at home and abroad, and engendered a new "bereaved community" in Oklahoma City itself. Linenthal examines how different stories about the bombing were told through positive narratives of civic renewal and of religious redemption and more negative narratives of toxicity and trauma. He writes about the extraordinary bonds of affection that were created in the wake of the bombing, acts of kindness, empathy, and compassion that existed alongside the toxic legacy of the event. The Unfinished Bombing offers a compelling look at both the individual and the larger cultural consequences of one of the most searing events in recent American history.
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Lingeman, Richard The Noir Forties: The American People From Victory To Cold War Nation Books 2012 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141551. ISBN #1568584369 / 9781568584362. (filed under: American History ) *
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Linklater, Andro Measuring America: How The United States Was Shaped By The Greatest Land Sale in History 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116805. ISBN #0452284597 / 9780452284593. (filed under: American History ) *
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Linklater, Andro Measuring America: How The United States Was Shaped By The Greatest Land Sale in History 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116805. ISBN #0452284597 / 9780452284593. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary System the last traditional system in the world and how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
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Lipset, Seymour M.; Marks, Gary It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States W W Norton & Company 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1159331. ISBN #0393040984 / 9780393040982. (keywords: SOCIALISM UNITED STATES HISTORY) (filed under: American History ) *
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Liu, Goodwin; Karlan, Pamela S.; Schroeder, Christopher H. Keeping Faith With The Constitution 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1039495. ISBN #0199738777 / 9780199738779. (filed under: American History ) *
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Liu, Goodwin; Karlan, Pamela S.; Schroeder, Christopher H. Keeping Faith With The Constitution 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1039495. ISBN #0199738777 / 9780199738779. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked and its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution , three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
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Llewellyn, Robert Valley Forge: Hallowed Ground Fort Church Publishers 1993 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1171928. (filed under: American History ) *
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Loescher, Burt Garfield Washington's Eyes: The Continental Light Dragoons The Old Army Press 1977 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or793597v1. (keywords: American Revolution) (filed under: American History ) *
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Loewen, James W. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong Touchstone 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1163528. ISBN #074329629X / 9780743296298. (filed under: American History ) *
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Loewen, James W. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong Touchstone 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1163528. ISBN #074329629X / 9780743296298. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In Lies Across America , James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. With entries drawn from each of the fifty states, Loewen reveals that: The USS Intrepid, the "feel-good" war museum, celebrates its glorious service in World War II but nowhere mentions the three tours it served in Vietnam. The Jefferson Memorial misquotes from the Declaration of Independence and skews Jefferson's writings to present this conflicted slave owner as a near abolitionist. Abraham Lincoln had been dead for thirty years when his birthplace cabin was built. Lies Across America is a realty check for anyone who has ever sought to learn about America through the nation's public sites and markers. Entertaining and enlightening, it is destined to change the way American readers see their country.
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Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong The New Press 2008 hardcover. Some soiling to boards. Crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1183162. ISBN #1595583262 / 9781595583260. (filed under: American History ) *
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Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong The New Press 2008 hardcover. Some soiling to boards. Crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1183162. ISBN #1595583262 / 9781595583260. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A completely revised edition of James W. Loewen s classic retelling of American history, based on six new textbooks and including an all-new chapter on the recent past Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has gone on to win an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, and has sold over a million copies in its various editions. What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "an extremely convincing plea for truth in education." In Lies My Teacher Told Me , James W. Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, and the My Lai massacre, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should and could be taught to American students. This new edition also features a handsome new cover and a new introduction by the author.
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Logan, John A. Volunteer Soldier Of America With Memoir Of The Author And Military Reminiscences hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106316. (filed under: American History ) *
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Lomask, Milton Aaron Burr, the Conspiracy and Years of Exile 1805-1836 Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1982 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170851. (keywords: American History, Politics) (filed under: American History ) *
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Lomask, Milton Aaron Burr: The Years From Princeton To Vice President 1756 - 1805 Farrar, Straus and Giroux paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1142340. (filed under: American History ) *
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Long, Priscilla Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America's Bloody Coal Industry Paragon House 1989 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1182598. ISBN #1557782245 / 9781557782243. (filed under: American History ) *
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Longtine, Sonny Murder In Michigan's Upper Peninsula History Press 2014 paperback. Previous owner written signature present.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161124. ISBN #085685140X / 9780856851407. (filed under: American History ) *
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Lukas, J. Anthony Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle For The Soul Of America Touchstone Books 1997 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1150843. ISBN #0684846179 / 9780684846170. (keywords: UNITED STATES HISTORY 20TH CENTURY IDAHO POLITICS GOVERNMENT SOCIAL CONFLICT CONDITIONS ASSASSINATION FRANK STEUNENBERG TRUE CRIME) (filed under: American History ) *
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Madaus, Howard Michael; Smith, Whitney American Flag Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict VZ Publications 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or957043. ISBN #0975516809 / 9780975516805. (filed under: American History ) *
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Madaus, Howard Michael; Smith, Whitney American Flag Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict VZ Publications 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or957043. ISBN #0975516809 / 9780975516805. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary his volume is a unique and new selection of important flags - both well known and obscure - in this extraordinary new book offers the reader a living history of the major themes of American flags - the birth and growth of the Stars and Stripes plus little known variants , naval and military colors, official and popular flag usage, flags involved with major events, etc. Original flags associated with Lincoln and Custer, the limousine flags from Kennedy's assassination, flags from Pearl Harbor and 9 11 are analyzed. Original examples chronicle flags from 13 to 50 stars and three thoughtful essays define the meaning of the flag
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Maier, Pauline American Scripture: Making The Declaration Of Independence 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091930. ISBN #0679454926 / 9780679454922. (filed under: American History ) *
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Maier, Pauline American Scripture: Making The Declaration Of Independence 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1091930. ISBN #0679454926 / 9780679454922. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's Common Sense , which shifted the terms of debate; and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutions -- most of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuries -- that explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. Detective-like, she discloses the origins of key ideas and phrases in the Declaration and unravels the complex story of its drafting and of the group-editing job which angered Thomas Jefferson. Maier also reveals what happened to the Declaration after the signing and celebration: how it was largely forgotten and then revived to buttress political arguments of the nineteenth century; and, most important, how Abraham Lincoln ensured its persistence as a living force in American society. Finally, she shows how by the very act of venerating the Declaration as we do -- by holding it as sacrosanct, akin to holy writ -- we may actually be betraying its purpose and its power.
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Maier, Pauline American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence Vintage Books 1998 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1166026. ISBN #0679779086 / 9780679779087. (filed under: American History ) *
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