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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Elizabeth Cady Stanton



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"Lori Ginzberg makes a convincing case for Stanton as the founding philosopher of the American women’s rights movement in a lively voice that enhances her eccentric subject."—Andrea Cooper, American History
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
Midnight Rising



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"Horwitz's moment-by-moment account of the doomed raid unfolds with such immediacy that he reintroduces suspense to a story we all know from textbooks . . . Midnight Rising is a richly detailed and engaging history. Horwitz expertly culls letters, diaries, and documents to let his idiosyncratic, highly articulate nineteenth-century cast of characters speak for themselves."—San Francisco Chronicle

The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America
The Hammer and the Anvil



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“Clearly laid out, with a clever device that renders each story in a different color (until the two men meet and it switches to full color), the book is probably best for high schoolers . . . The book can serve as an excellent teaching tool to bring out the gray areas even in a discussion of the Civil War.”—Hillary Brown, Paste magazine
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
To Tell the Truth Freely



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"Superb . . . Having been squeezed out of a role in national civil and women's rights organizations, Wells lost a prominent place in the historical record. It took several generations before her relentless and often discomforting agitation for social justice received the appreciation it deserved, as scholars over the last twenty years gradually reestablished her place in history. Mia Bay's lucid biography contributes enormously to this project."—Andrew Feffer, History News Network
Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce
Shadows of Blue & Gray



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Ambrose Bierce didn't just write about the Civil War, he lived through it--on the battlefields and over the graves--and in doing so gave birth to a literary...
Mordecai: An Early American Family
Mordecai



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"In Mordecai: An Early American Family, Emily Bingham brings to life a compelling family whose struggles illuminate the first century of the American Republic. From the American Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, this 'little faithful band of love and duty' balanced their devotion to each other, their Jewish faith, and their identity as Southerners through periods of intellectual, political, and economic turmoil. Drawing on published writings and thousands of letters by the men and women of this articulate family, Emily Bingham tells a vivid and fascinating story. The Mordecais take their place as one of the great American families in this lively, compassionate, and probing group portrait."—Joy Kasson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War
The Soldier's Pen



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"For anyone interested in viewing America's traumatic Civil War from the perspective of ordinary individuals who found themselves in the Union and Confederate armies, Robert E. Bonner's The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War will be a very rewarding experience. This expertly edited collection of letters and drawings mailed to the families and friends of sixteen 'typical' but quite diverse citizen-soldiers conveys a deeply human dimension to America's most dehumanizing war."—David Brion Davis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee



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Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally...
Ulysses S. Grant: The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877 (The American Presidents)
Ulysses S. Grant

The American Presidents


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"Vivid, enjoyable, and well-written."—Kevin Baker, The New York Times Book Review
The Age of Lincoln:
The Age of Lincoln


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"We can be grateful if any are half as learned, lively and enriching as Orville Vernon Burton's The Age of Lincoln . . . He makes a virtue of jargon-free, accessible prose. But his language also allows readers to soak up the texture and complexity of developments with his sprawling, interlacing stories—stories with which all scholars may not always agree, but compelling tales that shed new light on America's complex heritage . . . The Age of Lincoln reminds us that ideas are everything, and a book bursting with so many of them will provide robust reading for years to come."—Catherine Clinton, Chicago Tribune (cover review)
The Essential Lincoln: Speeches and Correspondence
The Essential Lincoln



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“Orville Vernon Burton notes that ‘Lincoln chose his words deliberately,’ and so does Burton. His introductions and editorial notes are concise, lively, and reliable, and Lincoln’s words, as always, are gripping, brilliant, and deeply moving. There have been many collections of Lincoln’s writings, but this slender, thoughtfully selected compendium more than lives up to its title: essential.”—Harold Holzer, co-chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893 (The American Presidents)
Benjamin Harrison

The American Presidents


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The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the...
From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail: The Transformation of Politics and Governance in the Gilded Age
From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail



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"In our time, the scope, cost, effectiveness, and integrity of government have again become stormy public issues. Despite all the loose parallels drawn by some present-day writers, the Gilded Age is gone, and we do not live in a new one. Yet in this accessible narrative of national politics during the late nineteenth century, the respected historian Charles W. Calhoun offers clear and convincing analysis of a period whose political divisions and issues are now manifestly relevant, and one that has never deserved its exceptionally low reputation."—Alan Lessoff, Professor of History, Illinois State University, and editor of Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
Sea of Gray



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The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of...
The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
The H. L. Hunley



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"Tom Chaffin's The H.L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy is a captivating history of the Civil War-era Confederate submarine. The book follows the secret weapon from its planning stages in New Orleans to its sinking of a Union ship in Charleston Harbor to its own fateful sinking. The H.L. Hunley also chronicles archaeological work being done on the ship at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston."—Myles Hutto, Charleston City Paper
Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882
Guarding the Golden Door



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"Ambitious . . . Both an introductory survey of immigration policy and a masterful assessment of the state of the field by one of its founders . . . [Daniels] provides a much-needed perspective on both the continuities and changes in the United States' efforts to regulate immigration . . . Guarding the Golden Door is rich with details, statistics, and the author's own unique viewpoint. The book is exemplary."—Erika Lee, Reviews in American History
Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
Towers of Gold



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Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he...
The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta
The Day Dixie Died



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The only book dedicated to the day-long Battle of Atlanta, the most decisive battle in the most decisive campaign of the Civil War The Battle of Atlanta,...
Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
Year of Meteors



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In early 1860, pundits across America confidently predicted the election of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential race. Douglas, after...
Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War
Clash of Extremes



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“Challenging a great deal of modern scholarship, Clash of Extremes promises to be the most talked-about book in years on the origins of the Civil War.”—Daniel W. Crofts, The College of New Jersey
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America
Democracy Reborn



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"The 14th Amendment was 'by far the most sweeping and complex change ever made in the original Constitution,' argues Garrett Epps in this valuable history of the amendment's adoption. Over time, he writes, it has 'changed almost every detail of our national life.' A University of Oregon law professor and former Washington Post reporter who has published two novels, Epps brings crisp writing to a story whose political complexities and obscure cast of characters pose tall hurdles for any popular history."—David Garrow, The Washington Post
Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death
Edison and the Electric Chair



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A Discover magazine Top Science Book Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention--the light bulb--and then launching the...
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
I've Got a Home in Glory Land



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"Karolyn Smardz Frost's superb research has produced a wonderful account of the underground railroad, elevating Thornton and Lucy Blackburn to their rightful place in the dramatic story of pre-Civil War slave resistance, abolition, and African American life on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. This finely detailed account depicts a truly international antislavery movement."—James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, coauthors of Slavery and the Making of America and Hard Road to Freedom
America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation
America Aflame



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In this spellbinding history, David Goldfield offers the first major new interpretation of the Civil War era since James M. McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom....
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