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Civil War 100
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2007; US$ 14.95The Civil War 100 uses a truly novel approach to analyze the respective importance of the events, leaders and battles of Americas most important war. more...
Sultana
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99A powerful account of a surprisingly forgotten tragedy of the Civil War A stunning wartime account of human endurance and adventure, and an exploration of just how much the human body and mind can take, Sultana follows several young Union soldiers through the Civil War and what was, for them, its unimaginably disastrous aftermath. We see them... more...
Party Games
The University of North Carolina Press 2004; US$ 33.95Much of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real difference on policy. In Party Games , Mark Wahlgren Summers tells the full story and admires much of the political carnival, but he adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying, election-rigging, blackguarding,... more...
The First Americans
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.95J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there? At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that Adovasio and his fellow archaeologists have brought about, and the firestorm it... more...
Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 149.99A lively, accessible overview of the important people, organizations, events, and themes in the United States between 1898 and 1917, the Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era is the most comprehensive and coherent reference work on the Progressive Era. more...
Personal Memoirs
Penguin Group US 1999; US$ 17.00Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point... more...
The Dilemma of Progressivism
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 69.99In the first book-length study of Progressive-Era presidents' views on the theme of self-government, The Dilemma of Progressivism critically analyzes their understanding of executive leadership and the office of the presidency. Will Morrisey examines both the rhetoric and the actions of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson to... more...
Why Confederates Fought
The University of North Carolina Press 2007; US$ 25.95In the first comprehensive study of the experience of Virginia soldiers and their families in the Civil War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean captures the inner world of the rank-and-file. Utilizing new statistical evidence and first-person narratives, Sheehan-Dean explores how Virginia soldiers--even those who were nonslaveholders--adapted their vision of the... more...
Libby Prison Breakout
PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 14.99A suspenseful narrative of an exhilarating moment during the Civil War?the February 1864 escape of 109 Union officers from ?The Bastille of the South? more...
DK Readers: The Big Dinosaur Dig
Dorling Kindersley 2009; US$ 3.99Travel to the Sahara Desert with Josh Smith, real-life archeologist, as he and his crew of intrepid dinosaur hunters face fierce sandstorms, long hours of difficult work, and, finally, the joy of discovering a new species of dinosaur! more...









