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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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Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press
by Frank Moore
Cyrus Hall McCormick: His Life and Work
by Herbert Newton Casson
U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat Comprising a Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures by Virgil Carrington Jones, and an Account of Her Raising in 1964 by Harold L. Peterson
by Virgil Carrington Jones, Harold L. (Harold Leslie) Peterson
The Story of the Trapper
by Agnes C. Laut
Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa
by Joseph H. Alexander
The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist An Omitted Chapter in the Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy
by Annie Heloise Abel
The Story of the Pullman Car
by Joseph Husband
The Spirit of America
by Henry Van Dyke
Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Wyeth's Oregon, or a Short History of a Long Journey, 1832; and Townsend's Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains, 1834
by John B. (John Bound) Wyeth, John Kirk Townsend
Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu
by Gordon D. Gayle
Famous Americans of Recent Times
by James Parton
The Development of Embroidery in America
by Candace Wheeler
The Evening Post: A Century of Journalism
by Allan Nevins
Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)
by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts
History of the State of California From the Period of the Conquest by Spain to Her Occupation by the United States of America
by John Frost
The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 06, June, 1896
by Various Authors
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IX, Mississippi Narratives
by United States. Work Projects Administration
America Discovered by the Welsh in 1170 A.D.
by Benjamin Franklin Bowen
De Soto, Coronado, Cabrillo: Explorers of the Northern Mystery
by David Lavender
History of the United States, Volume 5
by Elisha Benjamin Andrews
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4
by Samuel Adams
The Black Moose in Pennsylvania
by Henry W. (Henry Wharton) Shoemaker
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VIII, Maryland Narratives
by United States. Work Projects Administration
Forty-Six Years in the Army
by John McAllister Schofield
Society, Manners and Politics in the United States Being a Series of Letters on North America
by Michel Chevalier
The Campaigns of the 124th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Roster and Roll of Honor
by G. W. (George W.) Lewis
An American Diplomat in China
by Paul S. (Paul Samuel) Reinsch
When Africa awakes The "inside story" of the stirrings and strivings of the new Negro in the Western world
by Hubert H. Harrison
Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)
by Marion Gleason McDougall
Our Railroads To-Morrow
by Edward Hungerford
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873
by Various Authors
The Silversmith in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft
by Thomas K. Ford
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado
by Logan Marshall
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886
by Various Authors
Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5)
by Bartolomé de las Casas
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
by Various Authors
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
by Various Authors
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
America, Volume 1 (of 6)
by Joel Cook
The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Which are dependent on the Province of New-York, and are a barrier between the English and the French in that part of the world
by Cadwallader Colden
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry : the part it took in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
by William Hewitt
Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians
by William Henry Jackson
Two Colored women with the American Expeditionary Forces
by Addie W. Hunton, Kathryn M. (Kathryn Magnolia) Johnson
An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Explanations of the Architecture, Sculpture and Mural Paintings, With a Guide for Study in the Art Gallery
by Sheldon Cheney
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 07, July, 1888
by Various Authors
The Little Book of the Flag
by Eva March Tappan
Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining
by John S. (John Shertzer) Hittell
The Railroad Problem
by Edward Hungerford
On the Trail of Deserters; A Phenomenal Capture
by Robert Goldthwaite Carter
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3)
by Theodore Parker
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
by Buffalo Bill
The Man in Court
by Frederic DeWitt Wells
Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy
by George Gibbs
Siberia To-Day
by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers
by B. F. (Bernard F.) Blakeslee
The Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon
by Archibald Henry Grimké, Charles C. (Charles Chauveau) Cook, Francis J. (Francis James) Grimké, John Hope, John L. Love, Kelly Miller
Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings
by Z. S. (Zachariah Simpson) Hastings
Stories of California
by Ella M. (Ella May) Sexton
The Building of Castello de San Marcos National Park Service Interpretive Series, History No. 1
by Albert C. Manucy
A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa.
by Richard Darlington
The Chattanooga Campaign: With especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein
by Michael Hendrick Fitch
From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw
by William Meade Dame
The Postal System of the United States and the New York General Post Office
by Thomas C. Jefferies
An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism
by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse
North-Pole Voyages Embracing Sketches of the Important Facts and Incidents in the Latest American Efforts to Reach the North Pole, from the Second Grinnell Expedition to That of the Polaris
by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Letters to Catherine E. Beecher, in reply to an essay on slavery and abolitionism, addressed to A. E. Grimké
by Angelina Emily Grimké
From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy's View
by Luther W. (Luther Wesley) Hopkins
Soldier silhouettes on our front
by William L. (William Le Roy) Stidger
Public health and insurance: American addresses
by Sir Arthur Newsholme
Grand Teton: A Guide to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
by United States. National Park Service
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
by William C. Everhart
History of the Indians, of North and South America
by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
On criminal abortion in America
by Horatio Robinson Storer
The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 02, February, 1879
by Various Authors
Fort Robinson: Outpost on the Plains
by Roger T. Grange
A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c.
by William Henry Whitmore
My Life In The South
by Jacob Stroyer
Count the Cost An Address to the People of Connecticut, On Sundry Political Subjects, and Particularly on the Proposition for a New Constitution
by David Daggett
The dead towns of Georgia
by Jr. (Charles Colcock) Charles C. Jones
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
A Rebel's Recollections
by George Cary Eggleston
The Game-Birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northern States of America A full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, with a comparison of the merits of breech-loaders and muzzle-loaders
by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
Fort Concho: Its Why and Wherefore
by James N. (James Noble) Gregory
Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? With a Description of the Greatest Cavalry Movement of the War and General James H. Wilson's Cavalry Operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
by Henry V. (Henry Van) Boynton
From flag to flag : A woman's adventures and experiences in the South during the war, in Mexico, and in Cuba
by Eliza Ripley
Sidelights on Negro Soldiers
by Charles H. (Charles Halston) Williams
A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama during the Civil War
by Parthenia Antoinette Hague