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  • The Faiths of the Founding Fathersby David L. Holmes

    Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 19.99

    It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim?. In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He begins with an informative account of the religious culture of the late colonial era, surveying... more...

  • Jeffersonby Samuel K. Padover

    Penguin Group US 1952; US$ 6.99

    This famous biography has been in print for more than 40 years and stands as Jefferson's life story. It traces his life from his childhood as the son of a Virginia planter, to his years as a lawyer, to the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Union. more...

  • The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Companyby Charles Royster

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.00

    From historian Charles Royster--winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes--comes the history of one of eighteenth-century America's most fantastic land speculation deals: William Byrd's scheme to develop 900 square miles of swamp on the Virginia-North Carolina border and create fabulous wealth for himself and other shareholders, including... more...

  • River Towns in the Great Westby Timothy R. Mahoney

    Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 46.00

    This book analyzes the development of a distinctive, region along the upper Mississippi River north of St. Louis during the middle third of the nineteenth century. more...

  • American Scriptureby Pauline Maier

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 16.95

    Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament; the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence; the influence of Paine's [ ]Common Sense[ ], which... more...

  • The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793by Rene Chartrand; David Rickman

    Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 13.95

    A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas,... more...

  • Stagecoachby Philip L. Fradkin

    Free Press 2002; Not Available

    Sweeping in scope, as revealing of an era as it is of a company, Stagecoach is the epic story of Wells Fargo and the American West, by award-winning writer Philip L. Fradkin. The trail of Wells Fargo runs through nearly every imaginable landscape and icon of frontier folklore: the California Gold Rush, the Pony Express, the transcontinental railroad,... more...

  • Monticelloby Elizabeth Langhorne

    Algonquin Books 2013; US$ 24.95

    Thomas Jefferson, the public man, is a familiar and oft-chronicled figure. But the private Thomas Jefferson has been little studied. Now Elizabeth Langhorne, drawing upon public records and hitherto-unpublished documents, has produced an intimate and fascinating account of our third president and numerous members of his family, including some of his... more...

  • The Roberts Courtby Marcia Coyle

    Simon & Schuster 2013; US$ 28.00

    The Roberts Court, seven years old, sits at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. Through four landmark decisions, Marcia Coyle, one of the most prestigious experts on the Supreme Court, reveals the fault lines in the conservative-dominated Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Seven minutes after President Obama put his signature to... more...

  • Anne Hutchinsonby Vivian Conger

    Westview Press 2013; US$ 16.00

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