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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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History of the United States of America, Volume 5 (of 9) : During the first administration of James Madison
by Henry Adams
A Soldier's Life on the Western Frontier in 1813
by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815
by Z. F. (Zachariah Frederick) Smith
Carl and the Cotton Gin
by Sara Ware Bassett
The story of the first trans-continental railroad : its projectors, construction, and history
by William Francis Bailey
The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers
by M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems
Oeuvres de Champlain
by Samuel de Champlain
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1
by Thomas Jefferson
Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)
by United States. Warren Commission
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 3
by United States. Work Projects Administration
Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
by Benjamin Perley Poore
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
by William Henry Giles Kingston
John Marshall and the Constitution, a Chronicle of the Supreme Court
by Edward Samuel Corwin
Frederick Douglass
by Booker T. Washington
A Yankee in the Trenches
by Robert Derby Holmes
Trinity Site: 1945-1995. A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
by White Sands Missile Range (N.M.). Public Affairs Office
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
by Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, William Pittenger, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards) Richards, W. H. (William Henry) Shelton, Orlando B. Willcox, John Taylor Wood
Races and Immigrants in America
by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
by Ellsworth Huntington
The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization
by Samuel Peter Orth
State of the Union Addresses
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
The citizen-soldier : or, Memoirs of a volunteer
by John Beatty
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections)
by Abraham Lincoln
A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge
by Owen Wister
The American Nation: A History — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600
by Edward Potts Cheyney
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Stories of Later American History
by Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk) Gordy
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2
by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 1
by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman
Selections from Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes and USDA Favorites
by Ruth Van Deman, Fanny Walker Yeatman, Consumer and Food Economics Institute (U.S.)
A History of Southern Utah and Its National Parks (Revised)
by Angus M. (Angus Munn) Woodbury
Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions
by James Boyd Kennedy
Captain Richard Ingle The Maryland "Pirate and Rebel," 1642-1653
by Edward Ingle
The Workers: An Experiment in Reality. The East
by Walter A. (Walter Augustus) Wyckoff
Abraham Lincoln : A memorial discourse
by T. M. (Thomas Mears) Eddy
De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome troisième
by Alexis de Tocqueville
Canada and the States
by Sir E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
The Forest Habitat of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation
by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch, Ronald L. McGregor
Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner.
by C. A. (Cyrus Augustus) Bartol
Rube Burrow, king of outlaws, and his band of train robbers : An accurate and faithful history of their exploits and adventures
by George W. (George Washington) Agee
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 3
by Philip Henry Sheridan
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 5
by John Alexander Logan
Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco
by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
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Washington, its sights and insights [1909]
by Harriet Earhart Monroe
National character : A Thanksgiving discourse Delivered November 15th, 1855, in the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
by N. C. (Nathaniel Clark) Burt
La Defaite des Sauvages Armouchiquois par le Sagamos Membertou et ses alliez Sauvages, en la Nouvelle France, au mois de Juillet dernier, 1607
by Marc Lescarbot
Une année au désert : Scènes et récits du Far-West américain
by Auguste Nicaise
American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Part 03
by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith, John F. (John Fanning) Watson
Lynch Law in Georgia
by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1
by John Charles Dent
The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country
by Elma Ehrlich Levinger
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
by Robert E. (Robert Edward) Lee
Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I.
by E. G. (Ephraim George) Squier, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton) Davis
Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America
by Edmund Burke
Life and times of Frederick Douglass : His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history
by Frederick Douglass
U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
by United States. Presidents
America's War for Humanity
by Thomas Herbert Russell
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
by Abraham Lincoln
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
by Various Authors
The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 1 of 2)
by William E. (William Eleazar) Barton
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
by Trumbull White
The North Americans of Antiquity Their origin, migrations, and type of civilization considered
by John T. (John Thomas) Short
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 7
by United States. Work Projects Administration
The Emancipation of Massachusetts
by Brooks Adams
War from the inside : the story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 1862-1863
by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
by David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
by Samuel de Champlain
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier
by Stephen Leacock
The Return of the O'Mahony: A Novel
by Harold Frederic
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
by Henry Bibb
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Mesa Verde [Colorado] National Park
by United States. Department of the Interior
Historic Events of Colonial Days
by Rupert Sargent Holland
"Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers"
by Charles Francis Adams
State of the Union Addresses
by Abraham Lincoln
Inaugural Presidential Address, Official Transcript
by Barack Obama
Haiti: Its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution
by John Dryden Kuser
The Mirrors of Washington
by Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert, John Kirby
State of the Union Addresses
by Richard M. (Richard Milhous) Nixon
Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi; delivered during the summer of 1858.
by Jefferson Davis
Found at Last: the Veritable Garden of Eden Or a place that answers the Bible description of the notable spot better than anything yet discovered
by D. O. (David Oyer) Van Slyke
Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.
by Mark Twain
State of the Union Addresses
by Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) Harding
History of the United States of America, Volume 7 (of 9) : During the second administration of James Madison
by Henry Adams
Frenzied Liberty; The Myth of "A Rich Man's War"
by Otto H. Kahn
The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!
by M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) Mangasarian
Presiding Ladies of the White House containing biographical appreciations together with a short history of the Executive mansion and a treatise on its etiquette and customs
by Lila G. A. Woolfall
The boys in white : The experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington
by Julia S. (Julia Susan) Wheelock
The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
by Franklin K. Lane
Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 2
by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 1
by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
by James Mooney
The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
Lincoln's yarns and stories : A complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller
by Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly) McClure