3,522円 In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of mythmaking to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution--truths often obscured by both racism and "political correctness," as history has been hijacked by combatants in the culture wars of the past ...

330円 This piece includes a general account of the country, it's geography, culture, flora and fauna, including a very brief history of the country and it's religion. The rise and fall of King Theodore, his titles honors and justice are described. The piece concludes with the British capture of Abyssin...

108円 From the Autobiography and Monologue of the Honorable William F. Cody, aka. Buffalo Bill and his amazing Wild West Show comes this great story of the true life adventures of buffalo bill, See how he grow up and experience one of his wild west shows first hand.

1,399円 In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked across America. Hoping to win the wager and save her family’s farm, Helga and her teenaged daughter...

3,178円 Military histories of the struggle against the French armies of the Revolution and Napoleon often focus on the exploits of elite units and famous individuals, ignoring the essential contribution made by the ordinary soldiers the bulk of the British army. Carole Divall, in this graphic and painsta...

1,738円 A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer. ‘We cannot help but read on’: TLS. ‘The energy, dynamism and sheer bursting life-force of Jack London bowls you over’: Scotsman. Jac...

691円 If anyone had told me I’d be entranced by a book about coal boats moving thirty million tons of coal down the Monongahela River during the 1940’s, well, I would have thought you’d lost your coal stones. I guffawed my way through the first chapter and was pinned to the pages from thereon in. Richa...

661円 CONTENTS EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S PREFACE I. NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM (1815-1830) II. NEW ENGLAND (1820-1830) III. THE MIDDLE REGION (1820-1830) IV. THE SOUTH (1820-1830) V. COLONIZATION OF THE WEST (1820-1830) VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST (1820-1830) VII. WESTERN COM...

496円      There are no tales like high-sea tales and here’s a baker’s dozen of true sea adventuresーtales filled with salt spray, blood-and-thunder, and man-overboard action all guaranteed to satisfy the hardiest armchair adventurer.      Researched from ships’...

4,085円 When the U.S. liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, the exploit was hailed at home as a great moral victory, an instance of Uncle Sam freeing an oppressed country from colonial tyranny. The next move, however, was hotly contested: should the U.S. annex the archipelago? The disputan...

3,946円 Family Money explores the histories of formerly enslaved women who tried to claim inheritances left to them by deceased owners, the household traumas of mixed-race slaves, post-Emancipation calls for reparations, and the economic fallout from anti-miscegenation marriage laws. Authors ranging from...

330円 This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS Lessons of the War with Spain, 1898. McClure's Magazine, December, 1898-April, 1899. Introductory: Comprehension of Military and Naval Matters possible to the People, and important to the Nation I. How the Motive of the War gave Direction...