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Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00Ordinance in 1787 banned African American slavery in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, making the new territory officially "free," slavery in fact persisted in the region through the end of the Civil War. Slaves accompanied presidential appointees serving as soldiers or federal officials in the Upper Mississippi, worked in federally supported... more...
John Adams
Henry Holt and Co. 2003; US$ 21.99A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irritable, and self-pitying, Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways he was the perfect successor to Washington in terms... more...
Jefferson's War
PublicAffairs 2004; US$ 16.95A fascinating and readable story of how America fought and won its first war on terror ? two centuries ago." ? Evan Thomas, author of JOHN PAUL JONES and assistant managing editor, NEWSWEEK more...
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
Oxford University Press, USA 1995; US$ 17.99Since its publication twenty-five years ago, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men has been recognized as a classic, an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the causes of the American Civil War. A key work in establishing political ideology as a major concern of modern American historians, it remains the only full-scale evaluation of the ideas... more...
The Long, Bitter Trail
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011; US$ 13.99An account of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830, which relocated Eastern Indians to the Okalahoma Territory over the Trail of Tears, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs which was given control over their lives. more...
The Astonishing General
Dundurn 2011; US$ 35.00One of the most enduring legacies of the War of 1812 was the creation of heroes and heroines. The earliest of those heroic individuals was Isaac Brock. Its striking how a British general whose military role in that two-and-a-half-year war lasted less than five months became the best known hero, and one revered far and wide. more...
Robert Toombs
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 40.00Robert Toombs of Georgia stands as one of the most fiery and influential politicians of the nineteenth century. Sarcastic, charming, egotistical, and gracious, he rose quickly from state office to congressman to senator in the decades before the Civil War. Though he sought sectional reconciliation throughout the 1840s and 1850s, he eventually became... more...
Thomas Jefferson for Kids
Chicago Review Press 2011; US$ 13.99Drawing heavily from the original letters and papers of Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries, this resource chronicles the world of the Founding Father who wrote the Declaration of Independence. From his early critiques of the colonial policies of Great Britain and King George III to his governmental roles as the first secretary of state, the... more...
Healing in the Hurting Places
Destiny Image, Inc. 2011; US$ 16.99Healing in the Hurting Places is a personal experience story and outreach for victims of childhood sexual abuse, and those who want to help them. It sensitively focuses on the healing journey—how to recognize symptoms of abuse and offer help. Victims often feel alone, they don’t know where to turn or may believe no one will understand.... more...
1812
Basic Books 2011; US$ 32.50At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America?s prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean?but America?s war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed... more...









