1,335円 Masks of Anarchy tells the extraordinary story of Shelley's "The Masque of Anarchy," its conception in Italy, its suppression in England, and how it became a rallying cry for workers across the Atlantic a century later. "Shake your chains to earth like dew," it implores. "Ye are many-they are few...

330円 This short piece by noted 19th century historian Eugene Lawrence describes Grant's string of battles that culminated in his victories over Pemberton, Lee and the Confederacy itself.

400円 This book contains the complete collection of all 285 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in South Carolina at the time of the Great Depression in the United States. The narratives in this varied collection include stories of life as a slave, l...

600円 A historical novel of life, love and murder in Victorian England. This well-researched true story follows the life of Sarah Ann Davis as she leaves her Black Country home in search of a better life in the booming cotton district of East Lancashire. Sarah goes on to work in service and the humour ...

1,497円 Popular and scholarly history presents a one-dimensional image of Napoleon as an inveterate instigator of war who repeatedly sought large-scale military conquests. General Franceschi and Ben Weider dismantle this false conclusion in The Wars Against Napoleon a brilliantly written and researched s...

2,648円 James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) was one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Over the years historians have referred to the captain as John Brooks, because he tended to sign with his initials, but also because W. W. Ster...

15,919円 Yvonne Pitts explores inheritance practices by focusing on nineteenth-century testamentary capacity trials in Kentucky in which disinherited family members challenged relatives' wills. These disappointed heirs claimed that their departed relative lacked the capacity required to write a valid will...

447円 I. SLAVE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION II. AT THE GREAT HOUSE III. HORSE-RACING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IV. JOURNEY TO OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK V. INCIDENTS AT SODUS VI. REMOVAL FROM SODUS TO BATH VII. DUELING VIII. HORSE-RACING AND GENERAL TRAINING IX. DEATH-BED AND BRIDAL SCENES X. HIRED OUT TO A NEW MAS...

7,295円 A new perspective on the cultural politics of Charles Brockden Brown The novels of Charles Brockden Brown, the most accomplished literary figure in early America, redefined the gothic genre and helped shape some of America’s greatest writers, including Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathan...

4,245円 This thematic biography demonstrates how Stephen Douglas's path from a conflicted youth in Vermont to dim prospects in New York to overnight stardom in Illinois led to his identification with the Democratic Party and his belief that the federal government should respect the diversity of states an...

2,022円 This is the dramatic story of the most crucial year in the history of the American West, 1876, when the wars between the United States Government and the Indian Nations reached a peak. Telling a great deal about Indian cultures, history, beliefs and personality, this is the first book to cover th...

993円 This bundle book is a compilation of three of KidCaps top selling history books; it is the third in a three-part volume. The third volume presents the following wars in an easy to understand format that kids love: *The Vietnam War *The Gulf War *The War In Afganistan *The Iraq War