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Crawford, Alan Pell Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America Simon & Schuster 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095098. ISBN #0743264673 / 9780743264679. (filed under: American History ) *
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Crawford, Alan Pell Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America Simon & Schuster 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1095098. ISBN #0743264673 / 9780743264679. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the spring of 1793, eighteen-year-old Nancy Randolph, the fetching daughter of one of the greatest of the great Virginia tobacco planters, was accused, along with her brother-in-law, of killing her newborn infant. Once one of the loveliest and most sought-after young women in Virginia society, she was immediately denounced as a ruined Jezebel, and the great orator Patrick Henry and future Supreme Court justice John Marshall were retained to defend her in her sensational trial. In the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Alan Pell Crawford brings to life this gripping account of murder, infanticide, and prostitution charges, and of unimaginable treachery, moral decline, and great heroism played out in the intimate lives of this nation's Founding Fathers. It is the true story of the privileged and pampered children of the new country's aristocratic families as they struggle to find their place in an increasingly democratic America, where their values and position in society are under siege. Above all, it is the story of the indomitable Nancy Randolph, who is hounded out of Virginia by a scandal that will haunt her and everyone she loves for the rest of their lives. In the early 1790s, after Nancy goes to live with her sister Judith and handsome brother-in-law Richard at their remote plantation, called Bizarre, rumors fly throughout Virginia that Nancy has given birth and Richard, knowing the child to be his, has killed it. After an inquest, Nancy is ordered off the plantation by her cousin John Randolph and, reduced to poverty, she must find her way in a new and forbidding world. Eventually she flees to New York where she forms an unlikely alliance with the immensely rich Gouverneur Morris, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Meanwhile John Randolph, a prot g of Thomas Jefferson who becomes a notorious wit and controversial member of Congress, a duelist and a drug addict, sp
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Crawford, Michael Seasons Of Grace : Colonial New England's Revival Tradition in Its British Context Oxford University Press 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1198519. ISBN #0195063937 / 9780195063936. (filed under: American History ) *
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Crevecoeur, J. Hector St. John De Letters From An American Farmer And Sketches Of Eighteenth-Century America Penguin 1986 paperback. Few pages rippled, some underlining. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1179631. ISBN #0140390065 / 9780140390063. (filed under: American History ) *
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D'Souza, Dinesh What's So Great About America 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138246. ISBN #0895261537 / 9780895261533. (filed under: American History ) *
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D'Souza, Dinesh What's So Great About America 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1138246. ISBN #0895261537 / 9780895261533. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Defending America, Flaws and All-America is under attack as never before-not only from terrorists but also from those who provide a rationale for terrorism. Islamic terrorists declare America the Great Satan, many Europeans complain about America spreading its cultural wasteland, and even here in our own country America is under attack by both the political left and right. In his new book, What's So Great About America, Dinesh D'Souza proves the critics wrong and shows why America is still the greatest, freest, and most decent society in the world. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on our country, D'Souza believes, a clear understanding of the moral basis of Western civilization is needed now more than ever. What's So Great About America offers a powerful defense for America and exposes the truth about who our enemies really are. D'Souza challenges the widely held belief that the terrorists were cowards and lunatics. Rather, he says they were educated, deeply religious Muslims who gave up their own lives believing that Allah would reward them in heaven. In What's So Great About America, D'Souza examines how Islam has become an incubator of fanaticism and terrorism. Many Americans are now asking, Why do they hate us? D'Souza tackles this question by examining what he considers the three basic currents of opposition to America's global influence: the European critique, the Asian critique, and the Islamic critique. D'Souza, who was raised in India, a country that was colonized by the West, understands firsthand the arguments for and against America. What's So Great About America presents a unique view-an immigrant's view of why America works. D'Souza writes, "America is a new kind of society that produces a new kind of human being-confident, self-reliant, tolerant, generous, future-oriented-a vast improvement over the fatalistic and intolerant human beings that traditional societies have always produced, and Islamic societies produce now." In What's So Great About America, D'Souza also takes on the critics here at home. He defends not an idealized America, but America as she really is. D'Souza reassures us that we will not be seeing the "death of the West" or the triumphs of multiculturalism anytime soon.
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Daniel, Jean Houston Executive Mansions and Capitols of America Contry Beautiful 1969 hardcover. Bookplate present.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or1159968. (keywords: Mansions, State Capitol Buildings) (filed under: American History ) *
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Davis Burke Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096190. (filed under: American History ) *
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Davis, Burke The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown Eastern National 2015 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152552. ISBN #9159920203 / 9789159920209. (filed under: American History ) *
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Davis, Kenneth C. Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History Smithsonian 2010 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1161631. ISBN #0061118206 / 9780061118203. (filed under: American History ) *
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Davis, Kenneth C. Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History Smithsonian 2010 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1161631. ISBN #0061118206 / 9780061118203. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Following his New York Times bestseller America's Hidden History , Kenneth C. Davis explores the gritty first half of the nineteenth century among the most tumultuous periods in this nation's short life. In the dramatic period that spans roughly from 1800 through 1850, the United States emerged from its inauspicious beginning as a tiny newborn nation, struggling for survival and political cohesion on the Atlantic seaboard, to a near-empire that spanned the continent. It was a time in which the "dream of our founders" spread in ways that few men of that Revolutionary Generation could possibly have imagined. And it was an era that ultimately led to the great, tragic conflagration that followed the American Civil War. The narratives that form A Nation Rising each exemplify the "hidden history" of America, exploring a vastly more complex path to nationhood than the tidily packaged national myth of a destiny made manifest by visionary political leaders and fearless pioneers. Instead, Davis whose writing People magazine compared to "returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had" explores many historical episodes that reverberate to this day, including Aaron Burr's 1807 trial, showcasing the political intrigue of the early Republic and becoming one of our nation's first media circuses an 1813 Indian uprising and an ensuing massacre that exposes the powerful conflicts at the heart of America's expansion a mutiny aboard the slave ship Creole and the ways in which the institution of slavery both destroyed lives and warped our nation's founding the "Dade Massacre" and the start of the second Seminole War, a long, deadly conflict between Indian tribes, their African American allies, and the emergent U.S. Army the bloody "Bible Riots" in Philadelphia, demonstrating how deadly anti-immigrant sentiment could be the story of Jessie Benton Fr mont and Lt. John C. Fr mont, a remarkable couple who together helped open the West, bring California into the Union, and gave literal shape to the nation today The issues raised in these intertwined stories ambition, power, territorial expansion, slavery, intolerance, civil rights, freedom of the press continue to make headlines. The resulting book is not only riveting storytelling in its own right, but a stirring reminder of the ways in which our history continues to shape our pr
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Decker, Malcolm Brink Of Revolution : New York in Crisis 1765 - 1776 Argosy Antiquarian 1964 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1183617. (filed under: American History ) *
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Diamant, Lincoln Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution Citadel Press 1994 paperback. some fading to front cover along the right side. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1162606. ISBN #080651535X / 9780806515359. (filed under: American History ) *
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Dickstein, Morris Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression W.W. Norton & Company 2009 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1188994. ISBN #0393072258 / 9780393072259. (filed under: American History ) *
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Digby, John Miss Liberty? 1986 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045651. ISBN #0500274118 / 9780500274118. (filed under: American History ) *
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Digby, John Miss Liberty? 1986 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045651. ISBN #0500274118 / 9780500274118. (filed under: American History ) *
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Dobbs, Michael One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Knopf 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1176900. ISBN #1400043581 / 9781400043583. (filed under: American History ) *
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Dobbs, Michael One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Knopf 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1176900. ISBN #1400043581 / 9781400043583. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour chronicle of those near-fatal days, Dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that illustrate how close we came to Armageddon. Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev s plan to destroy the U.S. naval base at Guant namo; the accidental overflight of the Soviet Union by an American spy plane; the movement of Soviet nuclear warheads around Cuba during the tensest days of the crisis; the activities of CIA agents inside Cuba; and the crash landing of an American F-106 jet with a live nuclear weapon on board. Dobbs takes us inside the White House and the Kremlin as Kennedy and Khrushchev rational, intelligent men separated by an ocean of ideological suspicion agonize over the possibility of war. He shows how these two leaders recognized the terrifying realities of the nuclear age while Castro never swayed by conventional political considerations demonstrated the messianic ambition of a man selected by history for a unique mission. As the story unfolds, Dobbs brings us onto the decks of American ships patrolling Cuba; inside sweltering Soviet submarines and missile units as they ready their warheads; and onto the streets of Miami, where anti-Castro exiles plot the dictator s overthrow. Based on exhaustive new research and told in breathtaking prose, here is a riveting account of history s most dangerous hours, full of lesson
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DOUGLAS, Robert B., ed. A French Volunteer of the War Independence (The Chevalier de Pontgibaud) D. Appleton and Company 1898 hardcover. There is staining and shelfwear to the covers. Foxing to the pages. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or823507. (filed under: American History ) *
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Duffy, James P. Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt: The Rivalry That Divided America MJF 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144945. ISBN #160671130X / 9781606711309. (filed under: American History ) *
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Duffy, James P. Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt: The Rivalry That Divided America MJF 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144945. ISBN #160671130X / 9781606711309. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Was aviation pioneer and popular American hero Charles A. Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite? Or was he the target of a vicious personal vendetta by President Roosevelt? In Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt , author James Duffy tackles these questions head-on, by examining the conflicting personalities, aspirations, and actions of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Charles A. Lindbergh. Painting a politically incorrect portrait of both men, Duffy shows how the hostility between these two American giants divided the nation on both domestic and international affairs. From canceling U.S. air mail contracts to intervening in World War II, Lindberg and Roosevelt s clash of ideas and opinions shaped the nation s policies here and abroad. Insightful, and engaging, Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt reveals the untold story about two of history s most controversial men, and how the White House waged a smear campaign against Lindbergh that blighted his reputation forever.
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Elkin, Stephen L. Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison University of Chicago Press 2006 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135314. ISBN #0226201341 / 9780226201344. (filed under: American History ) *
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Elkin, Stephen L. Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison University of Chicago Press 2006 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135314. ISBN #0226201341 / 9780226201344. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary James Madison is the thinker most responsible for laying the groundwork of the American commercial republic. But he did not anticipate that the propertied class on which he relied would become extraordinarily politically powerful at the same time as its interests narrowed. This and other flaws, argues Stephen L. Elkin, have undermined the delicately balanced system he constructed. In Reconstructing the Commercial Republic , Elkin critiques the Madisonian system, revealing which of its aspects have withstood the test of time and which have not. The deficiencies Elkin points out provide the starting point for his own constitutional theory of the republic a theory that, unlike Madison s, lays out a substantive conception of the public interest that emphasizes the power of institutions to shape our political, economic, and civic lives. Elkin argues that his theory should guide us toward building a commercial republic that is rooted in a politics of the public interest and the self-interest of the middle class. He then recommends specific reforms to create this kind of republic, asserting that Americans today can still have the lives a commercial republic is intended to promote: lives with real opportunities for economic prosperity, republican political self-government, and individual liberty.
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Ellis, Joseph J. American Creation: Triumphs And Tragedies At The Founding Of The Republic Alfred A. Knopf 2007 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1202327. ISBN #030726369X / 9780307263698. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ellis, Joseph J. American Creation: Triumphs And Tragedies At The Founding Of The Republic Alfred A. Knopf 2007 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1202327. ISBN #030726369X / 9780307263698. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx , a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of triumphs; yet, as Joseph J. Ellis makes clear, it was also a time of tragedies all of which contributed to the shaping of our burgeoning nation. From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams. He casts an incisive eye on the founders achievements, arguing that the American Revolution was, paradoxically, an evolution and that part of what made it so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred. He shows us why the fact that it was brought about by a group, rather than by a single individual, distinguished it from the bloodier revolutions of other countries, and ultimately played a key role in determining its success. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over, as they feared an absolute power reminiscent of the British Empire. And he details the emergence of the two-party system then a political novelty which today stands as the founders most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. He demonstrates how these misjudgments, now so abundantly evident, were not necessarily inevitable. We learn of the negotiations between Henry Knox and Alexander McGillivray, the most talented Indian statesman of his time, which began in good faith and ended in disaster. And we come to understand how a political solution to slavery required the kind of robust federal power that the Jeffersonians viewed as a betrayal of their most deeply held principles. With eloquence and insight, Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness. American Creation is a book that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more impo
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Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers : The Revolutionary Generation Vintage Books 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1159064. ISBN #0375705244 / 9780375705243. (keywords: PRESIDENTS_UNITED STATES STATESMEN_UNITED STATES UNITED) (filed under: American History ) *
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Ellis, Joseph J. Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence Alfred A. Knopf 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1201068. ISBN #0307701220 / 9780307701220. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ellis, Joseph J. Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence Alfred A. Knopf 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1201068. ISBN #0307701220 / 9780307701220. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain s Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other. Revolutionary Summer tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling.
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Enloe, Cynthia, Joni Seager Real State of America Atlas Penguin Books 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158373. ISBN #0143119354 / 9780143119357. (filed under: American History ) *
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Erbsen, Wayne Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077903. ISBN #1883206367 / 9781883206369. (filed under: American History ) *
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Erbsen, Wayne Log Cabin Pioneers: Stories, Songs & Sayings 2001 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077903. ISBN #1883206367 / 9781883206369. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen takes you on a personal journey of finding and restoring a historic log cabin. By the magic of a crackling fire, he'll introduce you to authentic pioneers who will sing you ancient songs, spin yarns about Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson, and tell spell-binding tales of bear hunting with moonshine or give you advice on how to buy a mule. Join other settlers in a house raising, hew logs for a cabin, shop in an old-fashioned general store, eat ash cake and dance your socks off at an old-fashioned barn dance. Includes remedies, superstitions, romantic advice, 143 vintage photos, words music to 19 songs.
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Evans, Harold; Buckland, Gail; Lefer, David They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators Little, Brown and Company 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115969v1. ISBN #0316277665 / 9780316277662. (filed under: American History ) *
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Evans, Harold; Buckland, Gail; Lefer, David They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators Little, Brown and Company 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1115969v1. ISBN #0316277665 / 9780316277662. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An illustrated history of American innovators--some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating-- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
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Farber, David Chicago '68 University of Chicago Press 1994 paperback. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1181148. ISBN #0226238016 / 9780226238012. (filed under: American History ) *
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