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Dead certainties: (unwarranted speculations)
Par Simon Schama. 1998
The author discusses the "speculations" surrounding two deaths, and finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify. On 13…
September 1759, General James Wolfe, having led the British troops up the St Lawrence to victory in the Battle of Quebec, died on the Heights of Abraham. Schama examines this death, and how Wolfe was made to die again through the spectacular painting by Benjamin West, and through the writings of the 19th-century historian Francis Parkman. Schama's second death concerns Parkman's uncle, George Parkman of Harvard Medical College, who disappeared in 1849 in mysterious circumstances and who was rumoured to have been murdered by a colleague. Through these incidents, Schama sheds light on the writing of history, the history of history, and the relationship of "story" to "history". Descriptions of violence. 1998.Jewish New York: the remarkable story of a city and a people
Par Deborah Dash Moore. 2017
Reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Spanning three centuries, the book…
traces the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Jewish immigrants transformed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation's publishing industry and shaped popular culture in music, theater, and the arts. With a strong sense of social justice, a dedication to civil rights and civil liberties, and a belief in the duty of government to provide social welfare for all its citizens, New York Jews influenced the city, state, and nation with a new wave of social activism. In turn, New York transformed Judaism and stimulated religious pluralism, Jewish denominationalism, and contemporary feminism. 2017.James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal moments in American history)
Par Richard E Labunski. 2006
The author analyzes James Madison’s influence on the formation of the U.S. Constitution and its first ten amendments, the Bill…
of Rights. Provides a detailed account of the debate between Madison and anti-Federalist Patrick Henry over the ratification of the Constitution and describes Madison’s hard-won election to Congress. 2006.Inside Camp David: the private world of the presidential retreat
Par Michael Giorgione. 2017
Camp David is a peaceful mountaintop setting, removed from the scrutiny of the press. It has served as both a…
site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility. It is here that one can see presidents and international leaders at their most unguarded, and as their most true selves. 2017.Into the raging sea: thirty-three mariners, one megastorm, and the sinking of El Faro
Par Rachel Slade. 2018
On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting…
in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. Relying on hundreds of exclusive interviews with family members and maritime experts, as well as the words of the crew members themselves--whose conversations were captured by the ship's data recorder--journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro. 2018.In the shadows of the American century: the rise and decline of US global power
Par Alfred W McCoy. 2018
In a new analysis, prizewinning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the…
Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. 2018.Igniting the American Revolution: 1773-1775
Par Derek W Beck. 2015
Few Americans know that the Revolutionary War did not begin with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 but…
over a year earlier in April 1775. Beck draws on previously unpublished documents to tell the full story of the war before American independence-from both sides. 2015.An American quilt: unfolding a story of family and slavery
Par Rachel May. 2018
When we think of slavery, we don't usually think of the North, of the grueling labor of urban and domestic…
slaves. Rachel May's rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era--all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt. 2018.Black reconstruction in America
Par W. E. B Du Bois. 2018
This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the…
Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. 2018. Uniform title: Black reconstruction.Defining moments in black history: reading between the lies
Par Dick Gregory. 2017
Black Detroit: a people's history of self-determination
Par Herb Boyd. 2017
Boyd reveals how Black Detroiters were prominent in the city's historic, groundbreaking union movement and--when given an opportunity--were among the…
tireless workers who made the automobile industry the center of American industry. With a stunning eye for detail and passion for Detroit, Boyd celebrates the music, manufacturing, politics, and culture that make it an American original. 2017.Eyewitness to the Alamo (Lone Star audio)
Par Bill Groneman. 2017
Eyewitness to the Alamo is the actual account of the siege and Battle of the Alamo by those who were…
present during the attack. This book is the first complete accounting of the Battle of the Alamo by one of our country's foremost authorities on the event. 2017.Founding feuds: the rivalries, clashes, and conflicts that forged a nation
Par Paul Aron. 2016
The Founding Fathers have been hailed for centuries as shining examples of men who put aside their own agendas to…
found a nation. But behind the scenes, there were more petty fights and fraught relationships than signatures on the Declaration of Independence. From the violent brawl between Roger Griswold and Matthew Lyon in the halls of Congress, to George Washington's battle against his slave Harry Washington, these less-discussed clashes bring to light the unpredictable and volatile nature of a constantly changing nation. Additionally, this gripping narrative delves deeper into the famous feuds, such as the fatal duel of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and the many rivalries of Thomas Jefferson (which were as often personal as political.) "Founding Feuds" reveals the true natures of the Founding Fathers and how their infighting shaped our nation as much as their cooperation, in fact sometimes even for the better. 2016.City of the century: the epic of Chicago and the making of America
Par Donald L Miller. 2014
A chronicle of the coming of the Industrial Age to one American city traces the explosive entrepreneurial, technological, and artistic…
growth that converted Chicago from a trading post to a modern industrial metropolis by the 1890s. 2014.Forever Texas: Texas history, the way those who lived it wrote it (Lone Star audio)
Par Mike Blakely, Mary Elizabeth Sue Goldman. 2002
Essays by President George W. Bush and H. Ross Perot stand alongside the writings of some of the most famous…
historical figures who ever lived in Texas, including Sam Houston, David Crockett, Stephen F. Austin, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and many more. 2002.Gettysburg
Par Stephen W Sears. 2003
Drawing on years of research, Sears focuses on the big picture, capturing the entire essence of the momentous three-day struggle…
while offering fresh insights that will surprise even the best-versed Civil War buffs, from Robert E. Lee's decision to bring the war north, to Joshua L. Chamberlain's brilliant defense of Little Round Top, to George Pickett's fateful charge. 2003.Hear that lonesome whistle blow
Par Dee Alexander Brown. 1977
This is the story of the great American railroads; a story of breathtaking technological ingenuity, pioneering idealism, hard driven labour…
and powerful greed. By the end of the last century five transcontinental railroads linked the Atlantic Coast with the Pacific Ocean, and thousands of miles of track criss-crossed the West which, only a few years before, had been largely uncharted and unexplored. The heroes in this extraordinary epic are the Irish labourers and Chinese coolies; the villains the avaricious bankers and corrupt politicians. Before the undertaking was complete more than 155 million acres of land had been given away to railway magnates, the Indian tribes had been massacred and the buffalo driven from the Great Plains, millions of settlers had been lured from Europe and a colossal industrial nation had been forged. 1977.From this moment on: America in 1940
Par Jeffrey Peter Hart. 1987
This nostalgic look at the year 1940 profiles Franklin Roosevelt, Robert Moses, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio, Clark Gable, Ernest Hemingway,…
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn as the author explores the social, intellectual, political, economic and religious life of the momentous year. 1987.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll describes how the United States became embroiled in the affairs…
of Afghanistan from 1979 to 2001. Chronicles the efforts to control the country by CIA spies, the former Soviet Union, local warlords, and Arab leaders. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2004.Flight of the eagle
Par Conrad Black. 2013
In this magisterial new history of the United States, spanning from the New World through the outcome of the 2012…
presidential election, writer and historian Black examines the rise of the world's supreme power, its recent decline, and its ultimate strengths and future. Discusses the contributions of its leading figures, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. 2013.