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(Ministers) Ministère Des Affaires Étrangères Combattants Francois de la Guerre Américaine 1778 -173 Imprimerie Nationale 1905 hardcover. Hinges weak, ink stains at front top of cover. Shows wear. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1147258. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ackerman, Kenneth D. Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, & Black Friday, 1869 1990 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072295. ISBN #0887304362 / 9780887304361. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ackerman, Kenneth D. Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, & Black Friday, 1869 1990 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072295. ISBN #0887304362 / 9780887304361. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In The Gold Ring, Capitol Hill veteran Kenneth D. Ackerman tells the story of two dazzling con men who rose to the top of the Erie Railway Company before fixing their ambitions on a scam so great it would make them two of the richest men in America and cement their reputation as two of the most corrupt. They were Jay Gould, the ruthless self-promoter who came to be recognized as the most hated, if brilliant, man of his generation, and his partner, the extravagant showman Jim Fisk, whose insatiable indulgences finally led to his demise. Featuring a cast of supporting characters that includes Boss Tweed, Albert Cardozo, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Ulysses S. Grant, The Gold Ring evokes an age of scandal and depravity in the world of high finance that makes today's climate of corporate excess and deception seem positively tame by comparison. Featuring numerous historic photographs, this is a compelling and fiercely entertaining insight into Wall Street's early years.
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Adair, Anna B.; Sandberg, Adele Indian trails to tollways;: The story of the Homewood-Flossmoor area, Fremouw Press 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or819686. (filed under: American History ) *
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Allen, Frederick Lewis Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929 To September 3, 1939 1986 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023950. ISBN #0060913223 / 9780060913229. (filed under: American History ) *
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Allen, Frederick Lewis Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929 To September 3, 1939 1986 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023950. ISBN #0060913223 / 9780060913229. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Vividly and with great skills he marshals the men, the mountebanks, the measures, and the events of ten years of American life and causes them to march before us in orderly panathenaic procession."-- Saturday Review
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Allen, Leslie Liberty: The Statue And The American Dream hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082045. (filed under: American History ) *
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Allen, Robert S. (Editor) Our Sovereign State hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1061706. (filed under: American History ) *
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Allgor, Catherine A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation Henry Holt and Co. 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126539. ISBN #0805073272 / 9780805073270. (filed under: American History ) *
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Allgor, Catherine A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation Henry Holt and Co. 2006 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126539. ISBN #0805073272 / 9780805073270. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, groundbreaking portrait of the early days of the republic--and the birth of modern politics When the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere, which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain in 1812, Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her husband, James. Within a few years, she had mastered both the social and political intricacies of the city, and by her death in 1849 was the most celebrated person in Washington. And yet, to most Americans, she's best known for saving a portrait from the burning White House, or as the namesake for a line of ice cream. Why did her contemporaries give so much adulation to a lady so little known today? In A Perfect Union , Catherine Allgor reveals that while Dolley's gender prevented her from openly playing politics, those very constraints of womanhood allowed her to construct an American democratic ruling style, and to achieve her husband's political goals. And the way that she did so--by emphasizing cooperation over coercion, building bridges instead of bunkers--has left us with not only an important story about our past but a model for a modern form of politics. Introducing a major new American historian, A Perfect Union is both an illuminating portrait of an unsung founder of our democracy, and a vivid account of a little-explored time in our history.
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Allison, Robert J. A Short History of Boston Commonwealth Editions 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155616. ISBN #1889833479 / 9781889833477. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Americans At War Berkley Books 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082964. ISBN #0425165108 / 9780425165102. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Americans At War Berkley Books 1998 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082964. ISBN #0425165108 / 9780425165102. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Stephen E. Ambrose, one of the foremost historians of the European theater of World War II, shares his vast knowledge of that conflict as well as the Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War in this compelling narrative about the American way of war. From Vicksburg to My Lai, Ambrose recounts the history of these wars with extensive coverage of the battlefields and believable portrayals of those involved, creating the perspective that the country's conflicts both reflect and shape American democratic society. "Compelling." The Indianapolis Star "Ambrose has the great gift of making history come alive." The Anniston Star "Fascinating...insightful." The Houston Chronicle
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1064896. ISBN #0743203178 / 9780743203173. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1064896. ISBN #0743203178 / 9780743203173. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Nothing Like It in the World gives 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 who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. The U.S. government pitted two companies -- the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads -- against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. Previous owner inscription present. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134118. ISBN #0684846098 / 9780684846095. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. Previous owner inscription present. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134118. ISBN #0684846098 / 9780684846095. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Union had won the Civil War; slavery was abolished. Lincoln, an early champion of railroads, would not live to see the next great achievment. It took brains, muscle, and sweat in quantities and scope never before ventured and required engineers and surveyors willing to lose their lives in the wilderness; men who had commanded and obeyed in war; workers from China, Ireland, and the defeated South; and capitalists betting their money for possible profit. The government pitted the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the east through Panama, around South America, or lugged across the country. The railroad was the last great building project to be done by hand: excavating dirt, cutting through ridges, filling gorges, blasting tunnels. Nothing like this great railroad had been seen in the world when the last spike, a golden one, was driven in at Promontory Peak, Utah, in 1869, as the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific joined tracks. Ambrose writes with power and eloquence about the brave men who accomplished the spectacular feat that made the nation one.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1016884. ISBN #0743202759 / 9780743202756. (filed under: American History ) *
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Ambrose, Stephen E. To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1016884. ISBN #0743202759 / 9780743202756. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In To America, Stephen Ambrose, one of America's most influential historians, reflects on his long career as and explains what an historian's job is all about. When Stephen Ambrose became intersted in American history at age 18, there was much that America had done that made him proud, but there were some things he condemned as well, for instance slavery, the treatment of Native Americans, racist Southern politicians, the Robber Barons of the transcontinental railroad, the use of the atomic bomb. All through his undergraduate and graduate years from 1953-1960, Ambrose learned such ideas from his professors and believed and then taught them himself when he became a teacher of history in 1960. But after reasearching and writing about the Civil War in graduate school, Eisenhower in the 60s, Crazy Horse and Custer, Lewis and Clark, Nixon, the transcontinental railroad, and World War II over the next three decades, Ambrose's views on American history changed. In his new book the renowned historian celebrates America's spirit and confronts its failures and struggles. As always in his much acclaimed work, Ambrose brings alive the men and women, famous and not, who have peopled history and made the United States the superpower it is now.
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American Heritage Publishing American Heritage Book Of The Revolution hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1120935. (filed under: American History ) *
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Anderson, Fred; Cayton, Andrew The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169912. ISBN #0670033707 / 9780670033706. (filed under: American History ) *
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Anderson, Fred; Cayton, Andrew The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169912. ISBN #0670033707 / 9780670033706. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Americans often think of their nation s history as a movement toward ever-greater democracy, equality, and freedom. Wars in this story are understood both as necessary to defend those values and as exceptions to the rule of peaceful progress. In The Dominion of War , historians Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton boldly reinterpret the development of the United States, arguing instead that war has played a leading role in shaping North America from the sixteenth century to the present. Anderson and Cayton bring their sweeping narrative to life by structuring it around the lives of eight men Samuel de Champlain, William Penn, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur, and Colin Powell. This approach enables them to describe great events in concrete terms and to illuminate critical connections between often-forgotten imperial conflicts, such as the Seven Years War and the Mexican- American War, and better-known events such as the War of Independence and the Civil War. The result is a provocative, highly readable account of the ways in which republic and empire have coexisted in American history as two faces of the same coin. The Dominion of War recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. It offers a new perspective on America s attempts to define its role in the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
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Angle, Paul M. Crossroads: 1913 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1017142. (filed under: American History ) *
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Applegate, Debby Most Famous Man in America: The Biography Of Henry Ward Beecher 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135047. ISBN #0385513976 / 9780385513975. (filed under: American History ) *
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Applegate, Debby Most Famous Man in America: The Biography Of Henry Ward Beecher 2007 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135047. ISBN #0385513976 / 9780385513975. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary No one predicted success for Henry Ward Beecher at his birth in 1813. The blithe, boisterous son of the last great Puritan minister, he seemed destined to be overshadowed by his brilliant siblings especially his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, who penned the century s bestselling book Uncle Tom s Cabin . But when pushed into the ministry, the charismatic Beecher found international fame by shedding his father s Old Testament style fire-and-brimstone theology and instead preaching a New Testament based gospel of unconditional love and healing, becoming one of the founding fathers of modern American Christianity. By the 1850s, his spectacular sermons at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights had made him New York s number one tourist attraction, so wildly popular that the ferries from Manhattan to Brooklyn were dubbed Beecher Boats. Beecher inserted himself into nearly every important drama of the era among them the antislavery and women s suffrage movements, the rise of the entertainment industry and tabloid press, and controversies ranging from Darwinian evolution to presidential politics. He was notorious for his irreverent humor and melodramatic gestures, such as auctioning slaves to freedom in his pulpit and shipping rifles nicknamed Beecher s Bibles to the antislavery resistance fighters in Kansas. Thinkers such as Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Twain befriended and sometimes parodied him. And then it all fell apart. In 1872 Beecher was accused by feminist firebrand Victoria Woodhull of adultery with one of his most pious parishioners. Suddenly the Gospel of Love seemed to rationalize a life of lust. The cuckolded husband brought charges of criminal conversation in a salacious trial that became the most widely covered event of the century, garnering more newspaper headlines than the entire Civil War. Beecher survived, but his reputation and his causes from women s rights to progressive evangelicalism suffered devastating setbacks that echo to this day. Featuring the page-turning suspense of a novel and dramatic new historical evidence, Debby Applegate has written the definitive biography of this captivating, mercurial, and sometimes infuriating figure. In our own time, when religion and politics are again colliding and adultery in high places still commands headlines, Beecher s story sheds new light on the culture and conflicts of contemporary America.
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Aptheker, Herbert Era Of McCarthyism paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1107381. (filed under: American History ) *
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Armitage, Merle Accent on America hardcover. Signed by Author. Limited Signed edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044628. (filed under: American History ) *
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Aronson, Marc John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, And The Land Of Promise Clarion Books 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or770419. ISBN #0618181776 / 9780618181773. (filed under: American History ) *
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Aronson, Marc John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, And The Land Of Promise Clarion Books 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or770419. ISBN #0618181776 / 9780618181773. (filed under: American History ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This carefully researched and insightful account by Sibert medalist Marc Aronson focuses on the intertwined lives of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Puritan Commonwealth in England. Set against a broad canvas of the turmoil that engulfed Britain in the 17th century, the book examines the clashes of the monarchy and the church with Parliament, which led these two powerful men to take opposite courses. Here is a panoramic view of the period, from elaborate masques to the trial of a heretic, from wars fought against Indians to dramatic battles led by cavalry, from the toppling of a king to the search for the ideal society. Packed with literary allusions, vivid descriptions of significant events, and a cast of memorable figures, this sweeping account picks up where the highly acclaimed Sir Walter Ralegh leaves off, providing another riveting look at British and early American history. Cast of characters, maps, endnotes and bibliography, Internet resources, timeline, index.
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Ashworth, John The Republic In Crisis 1848-1861 Cambridge University Press 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1163543. ISBN #1107639239 / 9781107639232. (filed under: American History ) *
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