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  • A Perfect Union

    Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation

    by Catherine Allgor ...
    An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, groundbreaking portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politicsWhen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere, which would soon enough erupt into another conflict ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Historians on Hamilton

    How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past

    by Renee C. Romano, Claire Bond Potter, William Hogeland, Joanne B. Freeman, Lyra D. Monteiro, Leslie M. Harris, Catherine Allgor, Michael O'Malley, David Waldstreicher0, Jeffrey L. Pasley1, Andrew M. Schocket2, Elizabeth L. Wollman3, Brian Eugenio Herrera4, Jim Cullen5, Joseph M. Adelman6, Patricia Herrera7 ...
    America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how is the show itself making history?Historians on Hamilton brings together a collection of top scholars to ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Dolley Madison

    The Problem of National Unity

    by Catherine Allgor ...
    Series series Lives of American Women
    First Lady of the United States and America's "Queen of Hearts," Dolley Madison fashioned an unofficial role for herself in the new administration of the United States, helping to answer the nation's need for ceremony and leaving footprints for centuries of presidential wives to follow. Assisting her husband, James Madison, she helped to promote national unity, modeling a political behavior that ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Virginia Women

    Their Lives and Times, Volume 1

    by Cynthia A. Kierner, Catherine Allgor, E. Susan Barber, Mary C. Ferrari, Lisa A. Francavilla, Martha J. King, Michelle Krowl, Jon Kukla, Deborah Lee0, Sarah Hand Meacham1, Helen C. Rountree2, Kristalyn Marie Shefveland3, Terri L. Snyder4, Linda L. Sturtz5, Gail S. Terry6, Elizabeth R. Varon7, Professor Catherine Kerrison8 ...
    Series series
    Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth century through the Civil War era. Placing their subjects in their larger historical contexts ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    A Perfect Union

    Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation

    by Catherine Allgor ...
    Narrated by Anne Twomey ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 58 min

    An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Voyage of Mercy

    The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission

    by Stephen Puleo ...
    Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    "Sean Patrick Hopkins offers exactly the kind of narration this audiobook deserves...He makes this story of America's first significant overseas aid effort and the two people most responsible--a sea captain and a Catholic priest--come alive." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award WinnerThe remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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    Lexington and Concord

    The Battle Heard Round the World

    by George C. Daughan ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 24 min

    George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the battle of Lexington and Concord will challenge the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based as much on economics as on politics. When Benjamin Franklin wrote home about living conditions in Britain and Ireland, his countrymen were appalled. Could the Crown's motive be to reduce the prosperous ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight

    by Julia Sweig ...
    Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 1 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.”—The New York TimesThe inspiration for the documentary film The Lady Bird Diaries, premiering November 13 on HuluPerhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Creatures of the Kingdom

    Stories of Animals and Nature

    by James A. Michener ...
    Narrated by David Ackroyd ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 1 min

    In sixteen wonderful stories, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener burrows deep into the secret lives of animals and the hidden world of nature. Here he sheds light on nature’s most awesome and beguiling handiwork, from the sublime shaping and reshaping of earth’s lands and seas to a ridiculous armadillo’s assault on a bit of Texas real estate that paid off handsomely. Handpicked from ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

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    Love, Theodosia

    A Novel of Theodosia Burr and Philip Hamilton

    by Lori Anne Goldstein ...
    Narrated by Allyson Voller ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 31 min

    A Romeo & Juliet tale for Hamilton! fans.Love, Theodosia is a smart, funny, swoony take on a fiercely intelligent woman (Aaron Burr's daughter, Theodosia) with feminist ideas and ideals far ahead of her time. Not only a work of well-researched historical fiction, but a refreshing spin on the Hamiltonian era and the characters we have grown to know and love so well. Goldstein shines a bright light ... Read more

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    The Edge of Anarchy

    The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America

    by Jack Kelly ...
    Narrated by Traber Burns ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 16 min

    The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for AmericaThe Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

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    Defiant Brides

    The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

    by Nancy Rubin Stuart ...
    Narrated by Ann M. Richardson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    Get a “fresh perspective on the American Revolution” as an award-winning author reveals the true story of two young women who defied their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold (Shelf Awareness).When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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