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From revolution and republic to slavery, civil war, and the shaping of a continent, this bookshelf sweeps through the drama of American history in voices that still thunder today. Founding documents, battlefield memories, frontier journeys, and Frederick Douglass’s searing testimony come together in a story of ideals tested by conflict and change. Step in for a vivid ride through the struggles, landscapes, and turning points that forged the United States.
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The gold seekers of '49 : a personal narrative of the overland trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854
by Kimball Webster
Escape from the Confederacy
by Benjamin F. Hasson
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2
by George S. (George Sewall) Boutwell
A Summer in the Wilderness embracing a canoe voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior
by Charles Lanman
Pictures of Southern Life, Social, Political, and Military.
by Sir William Howard Russell
History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the spring and summer of 1861
by Charles H. Clarke
Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac
by Anna M. (Anna Morris) Holstein
The Great Taxicab Robbery: A True Detective Story
by James H. (James Hiram) Collins
Apontamentos sobre a via de communicação do rio Madeira
by Antonio Pereira Rebouças
The South and the National Government
by William H. (William Howard) Taft
The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 12, December, 1887
by Various Authors
The Camp-life of the Third Regiment
by Robert Thomas Kerlin
Victoria C. Woodhull: A Biographical Sketch
by Theodore Tilton
"How Can I Help to Abolish Slavery?" or, Counsels to the Newly Converted
by Maria Weston Chapman
Bailey's Dam
by Steven D. Smith, George J. Castille
A Day in a Colonial Home
by Della R. Prescott
Extracts from the Diary of William C. Lobenstine, December 31, 1851-1858
by William C. (William Christian) Lobenstine
La Nation canadienne Étude Historique sur les Populations Françaises du Nord de L'Amérique
by Ch. Gailly de Taurines
L'épopée blanche
by Louis-Frédéric Rouquette
American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Part 16. Second Series
by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith
Franklin: A Sketch
by John Bigelow
The Western Echo A Description of the Western State and Territories of the United States. As Gathered in a Tour by Wagon
by George W. Romspert
Last winter in the United States : being table talk collected during a tour through the late Southern Confederation, the Far West, the Rocky Mountains, &c.
by F. Barham (Foster Barham) Zincke
The Mentor: The Contest for North America, Vol. 1, No. 35, Serial No. 35 The Story of America in Pictures
by Albert Bushnell Hart
Bugle Blasts Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
by William E. (William Edmund) Crane
Our Union and Its Defenders An Oration, Delivered Before the Citizens of Burlington, N.J., on the Occasion of Their Celebration of the Eighty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence Day, July 4th, 1862
by J. Howard (John Howard) Pugh
History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815
by John Richard Green
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19)
by United States. War Department
A portrait of Old George Town
by Grace Dunlop Peter
Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I
by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon
by Newell Dwight Hillis
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence
by Benson John Lossing
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
by George Francis Dow
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
by Various Authors
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence
by Benson John Lossing
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
by Ida Husted Harper
A Minor War History Compiled from a Soldier Boy's Letters to "the Girl I Left Behind Me": 1861-1864
by Martin A. (Martin Alonzo) Haynes
The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783
by Herbert Eugene Bolton, Thomas Maitland Marshall
Roughing It in the Bush
by Susanna Moodie
The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career
by Amerigo Vespucci, Bartolomé de las Casas, Christopher Columbus
Woodworking Tools 1600-1900
by Peter C. Welsh
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time
by Henry Edward Krehbiel
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, from His Birth to His Inauguration as President
by Ward Hill Lamon
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 1 (of 2)
by L. (Luke) Tyerman
Junius Unmasked Or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence
by Joel Moody
The Old World in the New The Significance of Past and Present Immigration to the American People
by Edward Alsworth Ross
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 2 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7.
by Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues
Dixie After the War An Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the Twelve Years Succeeding the Fall of Richmond
by Myrta Lockett Avary
American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime
by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
A History of the United States
by Charles Kendall Adams, William P. (William Peterfield) Trent
The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
by Wallace Bruce
Some Recollections of Our Antislavery Conflict
by Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) May
A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians, vol. 1 With a Linguistic, Historic and Ethnographic Introduction
by Albert S. (Albert Samuel) Gatschet
The Paths of Inland Commerce; A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway
by Archer Butler Hulbert
"Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays
by Phebe Earle Gibbons
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
by George Wharton James
Liberty in the Nineteenth Century
by Frederic May Holland
The Everett Massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry
by Walker C. Smith
Army and Navy Uniforms and Insignia How to Know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries
by Dion Williams
Life and Military Career of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman
by P. C. (Phineas Camp) Headley
Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by John Fiske
Escritos políticos, económicos y literarios
by Florencio Varela
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
by Thomas Harriot
Glimpses of America A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels
by James W. (James William) Buel
Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 06 (of 20)
by Charles Sumner
Good stories for great birthdays arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading
by Frances Jenkins Olcott
Adrift in the Arctic ice pack : from the history of the first U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
by Elisha Kent Kane
Abraham Lincoln: A Play
by John Drinkwater
Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland Trade with New Mexico, 1825, and Downfall of the Fredonian Republic; and Malte-Brun's Account of Mexico
by James O. (James Ohio) Pattie, Conrad Malte-Brun, Dr. Willard
The Life of Jefferson Davis
by Frank H. (Frank Heath) Alfriend
New-England's rarities discovered : In birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country
by active 1630-1675 John Josselyn
Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border Their Adventurous Lives and Stirring Experiences in Pioneer Days
by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston
State of the Union Addresses
by Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department
by James Holbrook
Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman
by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay
Golden Alaska: A Complete Account to Date of the Yukon Valley
by Ernest Ingersoll
The Story of General Pershing
by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
by Robert Green Ingersoll
The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade
by Francisco López de Gómara
Sergeant York And His People
by Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868
by Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson) Ross
The Awakening of the Desert
by Julius Charles Birge
An American Patrician, or The Story of Aaron Burr Illustrated
by Alfred Henry Lewis
The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 1 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History
by George Cary Eggleston
Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 10 (of 20)
by Charles Sumner
Letters on an Elk Hunt
by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Aliens or Americans?
by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose
Soldiers of the Legion, Trench-Etched
by John Bowe
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: William McKinley; Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders Relating to the Spanish-American War
by William McKinley
"'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913
by Charles Francis Adams
The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York
by Hutchins Hapgood
