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An American Betrayal
Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears

A John Macrae Book
The fierce battle over identity and patriotism within Cherokee culture that took place in the years surrounding the Trail of Tears Though the tragedy of the...
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Midnight Rising
John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Henry Holt and Co.
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Bestselling author Tony...
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Red Heat
Conspiracy, Murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean

Henry Holt and Co.
The Caribbean crises of the Cold War are revealed as never before in this riveting story of clashing ideologies, the rise of the politics of fear, the...
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Churchill's Empire
The World That Made Him and the World He Made

A John Macrae Book
The imperial aspect of Churchill's career tends to be airbrushed out, while the battles against Nazism are heavily foregrounded A charmer and a bully, Winston...
  
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In a Time of War
The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002

Henry Holt and Co.
The dramatic story of West Point’s class of 2002, the first in a generation to graduate during wartime They came to West Point in a time of peace, but soon...
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The Lions of Iwo Jima

A John Macrae Book
The Lions of Iwo Jima tells the full story of one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. Combat Team 28, 4500 men strong, trained...
  
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America

Henry Holt and Co.
A freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir...
  
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For the Love of Animals
The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement

Henry Holt and Co.
The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals In eighteenth-century...
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A Voyage Long and Strange
Rediscovering the New World

Henry Holt and Co.
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony...
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The Day Freedom Died
The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction

Henry Holt and Co.
The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town’s ex-slaves and a white lawyer’s historic battle to bring the perpretators to justice Following the...
  

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The Day of Battle
The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

Henry Holt and Co.
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the...
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An Army at Dawn
The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy

Henry Holt and Co.
In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war...
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Victory at Yorktown
The Campaign That Won the Revolution

A John Macrae Book
From "the finest historian of the American Revolution" comes the definitive account of the battle and unlikely triumph that led to American independence...
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The Graves Are Walking
The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

Henry Holt and Co.
A compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed...