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Breaking the chains: African-American slave resistance
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.Counsels of war
Par Gregg Herken. 1985
Common sense (Dover thrift ed)
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.Cities of gold: a journey across the American Southwest in pursuit of Coronado
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.Chancellorsville
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.Boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City
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.Assassination vacation
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.April 1865: the month that saved America
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.American ground: unbuilding the World Trade Center
Par William Langewiesche. 2003
"American Ground" is the story - until now untold - of the people who responded to the destruction of the…
World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Within days, William Langewiesche made his way into the innermost recesses of the collapse. By virtue of the integrity and excellence of his previous work, he quickly secured unique, unrestricted, around-the-clock access to the site, the rescue workers and labourers there, and the meetings of city officials, engineers, construction companies, and consultants. 2003.An ocean apart: the relationship between Britain and America in the twentieth century
Par David Reynolds, David Dimbleby. 1988
Explores the unique relationship which has grown between Great Britain and the United States. America grew up in the shadow…
of Britain, and now the situation has been reversed with the United States becoming the dominant partner. 1988.America's secret aristocracy
Par Stephen Birmingham. 1987
America divided: the civil war of the 1960s
Par Maurice Isserman, Michael Kazin. 2000
An examination of political, social, and cultural developments of the 1960s by historians Isserman of Hamilton College and Kazin of…
Georgetown University. They survey the growth of activism among young people, the search for a more authentic spirituality, the Civil Rights movement, planning for the Great Society, and Vietnam. 2000.Alistair Cooke's America
Par Alistair Cooke. 1973
This is an expanded version of the television series. The author writes about the land and the people with the…
dispassionate but affectionate characteristic of his "Letter from America" broadcasts, and offers unusual explanations and interpretations of episodes which have affected the course of the country's history. 1973.Above & beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission
Par Casey Sherman, Mike Tougias. 2018
This book tells the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of three characters: Kennedy, and two U-2…
pilots, Rudy Anderson and Charles Maultsby, who found themselves in the crosshairs of history, on the worst and most intense day of the crisis. 2018.Adrift: a true story of tragedy in the icy Atlantic and the one who lived to tell about it
Par Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou. 2018
The small ship making the Liverpool to New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of…
dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story. 2018.Adams vs. Jefferson: the tumultuous election of 1800 (Pivotal moments in American history)
Par John E Ferling. 2004
In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host…
of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican. 2004.Aids to independence: a guide to products for the disabled and the elderly (Self-counsel series)
Par Irene Crawford. 1985
Michael Farquhar ransacked the archives to rescue 30 almost-famous Americans from the dust bin of obscurity. These colourful figures range…
from Mayflower Murderer John Billington (1624) to Dick Fosbury, father of the "Flop" (1968). 2008.