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Trachtenberg, Alan; Foner, Eric The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age Hill & Wang Pub 1994 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1184638. ISBN #0809001454 / 9780809001453. (keywords: AMERICA HISTORY AMERICAS NORTH CENTRAL) (filed under: American History ) *
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Traxel, David 1898 : The Birth of the American Century Knopf 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1200497. ISBN #0679454675 / 9780679454670. (filed under: American History ) *
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Traxel, David 1898 : The Birth of the American Century Knopf 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1200497. ISBN #0679454675 / 9780679454670. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this remarkable evocation of the American past, David Traxel chronicles the extraordinary events of 1898--a year without rival in United States history for its extravagant adventure and far-reaching significance. Displaying a rare combination of graceful writing and authoritative scholarship, 1898 examines the lives of politicians and homemakers, outlaws and reformers, in telling the story of America's metamorphosis from a rural, isolationist society into a commanding presence on the world stage. Traxel's account centers upon his vivid portrayal of America's first foray into international military affairs, the Spanish-American War. Spurred on by the yellow journalism of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the United States entered a war that garnered the nation Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and initiated the ascension of a little-known assistant secretary of the navy, Theodore Roosevelt. But while the Rough Riders were capturing the nation's attention abroad, bloody battles were occurring within the nation's own borders. Coal workers and company guards fought in Illinois, while racial conflict led to bloodshed in North Carolina, and in Minnesota the last battle between Native Americans and the U.S. Army resulted in the defeat of government troops. Radical advances in technology led to less violent but equally important changes, as the production of the first gasoline-powered car heralded a new era, and the first million-dollar advertising campaign for Uneeda Biscuits revealed the growing importance of marketing for a country in the midst of urbanization. Twelve months of confusion, contradiction, and crisis constituted this watershed year, and David Traxel has woven together these disparate strands into a rich tapestry of political unrest, domestic upheaval, and social change. An important contribution to the nation's cultural history, 1898 is a fascinating account of the definitive year that foretold the American Century.
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Traxel, David Crusader Nation: The United States in Peace And the Great War, 1898-1920 Alfred A. Knopf 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1200515. ISBN #0375410783 / 9780375410789. (filed under: American History ) *
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Trinklein, Michael J. An Astounding Atlas of Altered States: The Real Stories of States That Never Came to Be Chartwell Books 2017 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or1163098. ISBN #0785834524 / 9780785834526. (filed under: American History ) *
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Trudell, Clyde F. Colonial Yorktown: An Exploration Through One of America's Most Richly Historic Towns, Its Houses, Heroes, and Legends The Chatham Press, Inc. 1971 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158626. ISBN #0856990205 / 9780856990205. (filed under: American History ) *
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Tryon, Warren S. (Editor) Mirror For Americans 1952 hardcover. 3 volume set. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117057. (filed under: American History ) *
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Tucker, Phillip Thomas Alexander Hamilton's Revolution: His Vital Role as Washington's Chief of Staff Skyhorse Publishing 2017 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1201580. ISBN #1510716599 / 9781510716599. (filed under: American History ) *
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Tucker, Spencer C.; Reuter, Frank T. Injured Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair June 22, 1807 Naval Institute Press 1996 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164484. ISBN #1557508240 / 9781557508249. (filed under: American History ) *
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Tyler, Alice Felt Freedom's Ferment Phases of American Social History from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Civil War Harper & Row Publishers 1962 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1185491. ISBN #0613107438 / 9780613107433. (filed under: American History ) *
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Tyler, Lyon Gardiner Cradle Of The Republic: Jamestown And James River Hermitage Press, Inc. 1906 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Some Staining. . Book #or941460. (filed under: American History ) *
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Unger, Irwin Instant American History: Through the Civil War and Reconstruction Ballantine Books 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122858. ISBN #0449906957 / 9780449906958. (filed under: American History ) *
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Unger, Irwin Instant American History: Through the Civil War and Reconstruction Ballantine Books 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122858. ISBN #0449906957 / 9780449906958. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the first Asian migration across the Bering Strait to Sherman's famous march to the sea, this visually engaging book gives you everything you really need to know about American history from Independence to Reconstruction. It explores the essential facts that everyone should know and reveals the surprising, fascinating side of history. Get the lowdown on the Founding Fathers; Learn why the War of 1812 was fought, and how it set the United States on the road to Coca-Colonialism, and more. Plus INSTANT AMERICAN HISTORY is crammed with special features including chapter summaries, lists of who's who, biographical and little-known facts, and a host of photos, cartoons, and vintage illustrations.
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Unger, Irwin These United States Pearson 2007 paperback. Minimal underlining. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1171939. ISBN #0536336911 / 9780536336910. (filed under: American History ) *
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Urdang, Lawrence (Editor) Timetables Of American History paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058219. ISBN #0671252461 / 9780671252465. (filed under: American History ) *
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Uruburu, Paula American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century Riverhead Hardcover 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164633. ISBN #1594489939 / 9781594489938. (filed under: American History ) *
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Uruburu, Paula American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century Riverhead Hardcover 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164633. ISBN #1594489939 / 9781594489938. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The scandalous story of America s first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbit, the temptress at the center of Stanford White s famous murder, whose iconic life story reflected all the paradoxes of America s Gilded Age. Known to millions before her sixteenth birthday in 1900, Evelyn Nesbit was the most photographed woman of her era, an iconic figure who set the standard for female beauty. Women wanted to be her. Men just wanted her. When her life of fantasy became all too real, and her jealous millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, killed her lover celebrity architect Stanford White, builder of the Washington Square Arch and much of New York City she found herself at the center of the Crime of the Century and the popular courtroom drama that followed a scandal that signaled the beginning of a national obsession with youth, beauty, celebrity, and sex. The story of Evelyn Nesbit is one of glamour, money, romance, sex, madness, and murder, and Paula Uruburu weaves all of these elements into an elegant narrativethat reads like the best fiction only it s all true. American Eve goes far beyond just literary biography; it paints a picture of America as it crossed from the Victorian era into the modern, foreshadowing so much of our contemp
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Valencius, Conevery Bolton The Health Of The Country How American Settlers Understood Themselves And Their Land Basic Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088516. ISBN #0465089860 / 9780465089864. (filed under: American History ) *
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Valencius, Conevery Bolton The Health Of The Country How American Settlers Understood Themselves And Their Land Basic Books 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088516. ISBN #0465089860 / 9780465089864. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Many have written about the settling of early 19th century America, but until now no one has explored these settlers' self-consciousness about what they were doing, what "settling" and cultivating the land itself meant. In The Health of the Country, Conevery Valencius shows that assessments of the "sickliness" or "health" of land pervade settlers' letters, journals, newspapers, and literature--evidence of the common sense of another time, when land was believed to have intrinsic health characteristics and the human body was understood to be linked in intimate and intricate ways with similar balances in the surrounding world. Valencius focuses her research on the Arkansas and Missouri territories from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the Civil War, capturing the excitement, romanticism, confusion, and anxiety of the frontier experience and revealing how these emotions were bound up with settlers' unique relationships with their land. This is a complex and rewarding book, a beautifully written, fresh account of the gritty details of American expansion, animated by the voices of the settlers themselves.
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VANDERBILT; Renehan, Edward J. Jr. Commodore: The Life Of Cornelius Vanderbilt 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090700. ISBN #0465002552 / 9780465002559. (filed under: American History ) *
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VANDERBILT; Renehan, Edward J. Jr. Commodore: The Life Of Cornelius Vanderbilt 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090700. ISBN #0465002552 / 9780465002559. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Using previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. narrates the compelling life of Cornelius Vanderbilt: willful progenitor of modern American business. Vanderbilt made his initial fortune building ferry and cargo routes for sailing vessels. Then he moved into steamboats and railroads. With the New York Central, Vanderbilt established the nation's first major integrated rail system, linking New York with Boston, Montreal, Chicago, and St. Louis. At the same time, he played a key role in establishing New York as the financial center of the United States. When he died in 1877, Vanderbilt left a fortune that, in today's dollars, would dwarf that of even Bill Gates. Off Wall Street, Vanderbilt was a hard-drinking egotist and whoremonger devoid of manners or charity. He disinherited most of his numerous children and received an editorial rebuke from Mark Twain for his lack of public giving. Commodore sheds startling new light on many aspects of Vanderbilt's business and private life including, most notably, the revelation that advanced stage syphilis marred his last years. This is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American life and commerce towers over all who followed him.
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Vansittart, Peter John Paul Jones: A Restless Spirit Robson Books 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169209. ISBN #1861056214 / 9781861056214. (filed under: American History ) *
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Vidal, Gore Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson Yale University Press 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170798. ISBN #0300105924 / 9780300105926. (keywords: POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, BIOGRAPHY) (filed under: American History ) *
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Vowell, Sarah Lafayette In The Somewhat United States Riverhead Books 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168625. ISBN #1594631743 / 9781594631740. (filed under: American History ) *
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Wallace, Anthony F. C. Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans Belknap Press 1999 Hard Cover. ex library . BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or523708v1. ISBN #0674000668 / 9780674000667. (keywords: INDIANS TREATMENT NORTH AMERICA GOVERNMENT) (filed under: American History ) *
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Ware, Susan Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Out Leading Historians Free Press 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1193538. ISBN #0684843757 / 9780684843759. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ware, Susan Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Out Leading Historians Free Press 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1193538. ISBN #0684843757 / 9780684843759. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Historians and biographers regularly come across stories of little-known or forgotten heroes, and this book provides a chance to rescue some of the best of them. In Forgotten Heroes, thirty-five of the country's leading historians recount their favorite stories of underappreciated Americans. From Stephen Jay Gould on deaf baseball player Dummy Hoy; to William Leuchtenburg on the truth behind the legendary Johnny Appleseed; to Christine Stansell on Margaret Anderson, who published James Joyce's Ulysses; these portraits can be read equally for delight, instruction, and inspiration. Forgotten Heroes includes nearly as many women as men, and nearly as many people from before 1900 as after. It expands the traditional definition of hero to encompass not only military figures and politicians who took risks for great causes, but also educators, religious leaders, reformers, labor leaders, publishers, athletes, and even a man who started a record company.
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WASHINGTON(Subject); Levin, Jack E.; Levin, Mark R. George Washington: The Crossing Threshold Editions 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1174085. ISBN #1476731934 / 9781476731933. (filed under: American History ) *
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WASHINGTON(Subject); Levin, Jack E.; Levin, Mark R. George Washington: The Crossing Threshold Editions 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1174085. ISBN #1476731934 / 9781476731933. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The 1 New York Times bestselling book for many weeks, Jack Levin presents a beautifully designed account of George Washington s historic crossing of the Delaware River and the decisive Battle of Trenton, with a foreword by his son, 1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin. With the warm-hearted patriotism and passion he brought to his beautiful volume Abraham Lincoln s Gettysburg Address Illustrated , Jack E. Levin illuminates a profound turning point of the American Revolution: the decisive Battle of Trenton and its prelude General George Washington leading his broken and ailing troops in a fleet of small wooden boats across the ice-encased Delaware River. While one iconic nineteenth-century painting made the crossing a familiar image, the significance of the against-all-odds victory put into motion on Christmas night, 1776, cannot be told enough. Jack Levin brings to light several vital perspectives, and draws his text from General Washington s letter to the Continental Congress to describe the amazing account of the unlikely defeat of the Hessian army at Trenton. As a father, Jack Levin inspired his sons including Mark Levin, and Douglas, and Robert with his love for America. Around the family table, he would share the facts and events of the nation s founding, spark lively debates, and pass along his extensive knowledge and his deep and abiding patriotism. Featuring Revolution-era artwork, portraiture, and maps, George Washington: The Crossing imparts the same vivid, intimate telling, that of a father to his sons the kind of history lesson that lives in the heart forever.
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