2,912円 The conflict that historians have called King Philip’s War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and da...

1,399円 Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent. In this powerful but fair-minded narr...

661円 This edition features • illustrations • linked Footnotes FOREWORD. IN the year 1770, a bright little girl ten years of age, Anna Green Winslow, was sent from her far away home in Nova Scotia to Boston, the birthplace of her parents, to be "finished" at Boston schools by Boston teachers. She wrote...

1,326円 This is the story of how the American colonies went from dependence to independence. It details the taxes, tea parties and events that lead to the revolution as well as the ties the colonies had to Britain. The book explains how many Americans came to see themselves as an independent people with ...

496円 John Fiske was an American philosopher and historian who wrote letters to Charles Darwin and became a voluminous writer of histories near the end of his life. The largest part of his life was devoted to the study of history, but at an early age inquiries into the nature of human progress led him ...

1,657円 If the origin of the colonial period was accidental, the ending was not. The representatives of the thirteen colonies who approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776 charted a collision course, aware of the obstacles in their path and the risks they were taking. The events that led to their ...

4,092円 The names “Jamestown” and “Plymouth” have become synonymous for most students of American history with “founding,” and “birth”ーboth, of the American nation, and of freedom and democracy themselves. In this book, author Ted Lamont asks us to reconsider our country’s formative years, and explore t...

777円 A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian tells the “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) story of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of the outsiders of colonial societyーincluding enslaved people, American Indians, women, and British loyalistsーin a revised edition with a new preface and ...

7,101円 Described as "a harmonious human multitude," Ben Franklin's life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy, a lead...

200円 The combined focus of this series is, of course, the history of America and the history of American English. This first book, Cannibal (call it a prequel) sets the scene for European conquest of America – North and South – and reminds us of the race between Columbus and Cabot to reach the Orient,...

1,326円 Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Broussard to the Queen's Royal Proclamation the first biography of an Acadian exile defines the 18th century society of Acadia into which Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard was born in 1702. The book tells of his early life events and militant struggles with the B...

773円 Though many of the rules deal with matters of etiquetteーsuch as whom should rise for whom in mixed companyーmany concern far deeper matters that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success and conscience. As a peek into the manners of a bygone age, this is an intriguing work. A...