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Par Thomas F Madden. 2008
Madden explores surprising parallels between the Roman and American republics. By making friends of enemies and demonstrating a commitment to…
fairness, the two republics - both "reluctant" yet unquestioned super-powers - built empires based on trust. Madden also includes vital lessons from the Roman Republic's 100-year struggle with "terrorism." 2008.Par Ivan Musicant. 1998
A military and diplomatic account of the 1898 Spanish-American War, which established the United States as a global power and…
marked the beginning of "the American century," in the author's view. Chronicles events leading up to the conflict and describes land and sea battles of the war. 1998.Par A Zee. 1987
Par David Dary. 1986
Relates the adventures as well as the business practices of the unknown and unsung trappers, traders, freighters, merchants, cattlemen, railroaders,…
land promoters and other capitalists who contributed to the taming of the West. 1986.Par Sheila B Nickerson. 1996
The Alaska poet reflects on the ways people have disappeared into her state's vast wilderness, beginning with a colleague whose…
plane vanished over glaciers in Alaska's "Bermuda Triangle." Includes many other accounts: notably those of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared in 1845 with 128 men and two ships, and of Louisiana congressman Hale Boggs, whose plane was lost in 1972. 1996.Par Vincent J Cannato. 2009
Cannato delivers a definitive history of America's landmark port of entry. From eyewitness accounts, Cannato weaves together a poignant testament…
to the hopes and fears of "huddled masses yearning to breathe free." 2009.Beginning with New York City's first ever New Year's ball drop, 1908 got off to a spectacular start. As the…
year went on, America witnessed President Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet sailing around the globe, Henry Ford's unveiling of the Model T, and the Wright Brothers' year-end, history making, longest recorded flight. Sandwiched between these events, great social changes were also occurring, as race relations deteriorated in the South and the Great War loomed over in Europe. 2008.Par Joseph J Ellis. 2004
Mount Holyoke College professor Joseph Ellis delivers a course that is a chronological survey of the period from 1763 to…
1800 and discusses the single most consequential event in all of American history, the American Revolution. The key figures during this time, or the brotherhoood of the revolution, achieved many successes for America that made a lasting impact on the future of this nation. 2004.Par William Loren Katz. 1998
African-Americans did not accept slavery passively and with good humor. Through the use of primary source materials, Katz lays to…
rest the myth of the happy, docile slave - which was perpetuated by slave owners and given credence by historians. Katz paints a compelling picture of perpetual, resilient, and active and passive resistance to slavery by men, women, and children. Junior and Senior High. 1998.Par Gregg Herken. 1985
Par Timothy Ferris. 1988
Par Thomas Paine. 1997
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense", a persuasive argument for the colonies' political and economic…
separation from Britain. It cites the evils of monarchy, accuses the British government of inflicting economic and social injustices upon the colonies, and points to the absurdity of an island attempting to rule a continent. Today, "Common Sense" remains a landmark document in the struggle for freedom. 1997.Par Douglas J Preston. 1992
The author chronicles his journey on horseback retracing the path of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado across the…
American Southwest in search of the seven cities of gold. Woven into the narrative are natural history; stories heard from cowboys, Native Americans, and ranchers; and an account of the original expedition. 1992.Par Stephen W Sears. 1996
Describes the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, in 1863. It was during this campaign that Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot…
by his own troops while riding night inspection. Robert E. Lee later pressed northward toward Pennsylvania after this hollow victory where over 30,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. 1996.Par Nelson Johnson. 2011
Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded…
by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson - the second of the three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society. In this book, Nucky Johnson, Louis 'the Commodore' Kuehnle, Frank 'Hap' Farley, and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendour. The author traces 'AC' from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes. 2011.Thorne writes for nonscientists and scientists who are not physicists in a quest to share his insights about "where and…
how relativity fails and what replaces it." He combines established principles of physics with imaginative speculation to examine concepts, such as black holes, that were developed theoretically long before technology was able to provide any observable evidence. 1994.Par Sarah Vowell. 2005
Journalist Vowell visits sites associated with the first three assassinated American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley. Relates…
pieces of historical trivia, including the fact that Robert Todd Lincoln was present at all three shootings. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. Bestseller 2005.Par Jay Winik. 2001
In April 1865, as the war ends, the Confederate capitol - Richmond - lies in ruins, generals Robert E. Lee…
and Joe Johnston surrender their armies, and President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. Remarkably, the author contends, the nation survives. Analyzes the reasons for the unusually successful conclusion to a republic's civil war. Bestseller. 2001.Describes the horrific events in Philadelphia in 1793 when citywide illness prevented Congress from convening. Thousands of people were dying,…
many unattended, and physicians of the time were unsure of the cause or treatment of the yellow-fever outbreak. Junior High. 2004.