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Rutherford B. Hayes

The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881

by Hans Trefousse ...

Series series The American Presidents
A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congress set up a special electoral commission, handing the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, brings recent events into sharp focus.Historian Hans L. Trefousse explores Hayes's new relevance and reconsiders ... Read more

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A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congress set up a special electoral commission, handing the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, brings recent events into sharp focus.Historian Hans L. Trefousse explores Hayes's new relevance and reconsiders
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Abraham Lincoln

The Prairie Years

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This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers "a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us" ( New York Herald Tribune Book Review).Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew up ... Read more

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This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers "a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us" ( New York Herald Tribune Book Review).Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew up
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American Rebels

How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

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A "hugely enjoyable" chronicle of the Adams, Quincy and Hancock families and how they helped spark the American Revolution ( Christian Science Monitor).Awarded the 2021 New England Society in the City of New York Book Award for Best Historical Nonfiction, American Rebels explores for the first time the intimate connections between three families in the lead up to the American Revolution. Author ... Read more

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A "hugely enjoyable" chronicle of the Adams, Quincy and Hancock families and how they helped spark the American Revolution ( Christian Science Monitor).Awarded the 2021 New England Society in the City of New York Book Award for Best Historical Nonfiction, American Rebels explores for the first time the intimate connections between three families in the lead up to the American Revolution. Author
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President Garfield

From Radical to Unifier

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An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield.In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and ... Read more

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An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield.In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and
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Gangsters vs. Nazis

How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America

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The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the years leading to WWII—and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back. With an intense cinematic style, acclaimed nonfiction crime author Michael Benson reveals the thrilling role of Jewish mobsters like Bugsy Siegel in stomping out the terrifying tide of Nazi sympathizers during the 1930s and ... Read more

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The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the years leading to WWII—and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back. With an intense cinematic style, acclaimed nonfiction crime author Michael Benson reveals the thrilling role of Jewish mobsters like Bugsy Siegel in stomping out the terrifying tide of Nazi sympathizers during the 1930s and
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Presidents

Every Question Answered

by Carter Smith ...

From George Washington to Donald Trump, an entertaining and educational overview of the chief executives of the United States.The highest office of our country has been a challenging one to occupy, from the days of a newly founded nation to the global power seat it has become. Presidents: Every Question Answered reviews our leaders' time in office and how their distinct characteristics became ... Read more

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From George Washington to Donald Trump, an entertaining and educational overview of the chief executives of the United States.The highest office of our country has been a challenging one to occupy, from the days of a newly founded nation to the global power seat it has become. Presidents: Every Question Answered reviews our leaders' time in office and how their distinct characteristics became
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Benjamin Harrison

The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893

by Charles W. Calhoun ...

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The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big governmentPolitics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Declaration and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison, a leading Indiana lawyer, became a Republican Party champion, even taking a leave from the Civil War to campaign for Lincoln. After a scandal ... Read more

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The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big governmentPolitics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Declaration and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison, a leading Indiana lawyer, became a Republican Party champion, even taking a leave from the Civil War to campaign for Lincoln. After a scandal
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"They Have Killed Papa Dead!"

The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch?s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary ... Read more

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch?s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary
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The Lost Kings

Lancaster, York and Tudor

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**A gripping exploration of power, ambition, and untimely death in England's royal houses.**This book delves into the lives of ten young men whose destinies were intertwined with the tumultuous events of the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudors. From battlefields to the Tower of London, their stories reveal the brutal realities of medieval life and the high stakes of dynastic inheritance ... Read more

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**A gripping exploration of power, ambition, and untimely death in England's royal houses.**This book delves into the lives of ten young men whose destinies were intertwined with the tumultuous events of the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the Tudors. From battlefields to the Tower of London, their stories reveal the brutal realities of medieval life and the high stakes of dynastic inheritance
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Babel

Around the World in Twenty Languages

by Gaston Dorren ...

" Babel is an endlessly interesting book, and you don't have to have any linguistic training to enjoy it . . . it's just so much fun to read." —NPREnglish is the world language, except that 80 percent of the world doesn't speak it. Linguist Gaston Dorren calculates that to speak fluently with half of the world's people in their mother tongues, you'd need to know no fewer than twenty languages. In ... Read more

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" Babel is an endlessly interesting book, and you don't have to have any linguistic training to enjoy it . . . it's just so much fun to read." —NPREnglish is the world language, except that 80 percent of the world doesn't speak it. Linguist Gaston Dorren calculates that to speak fluently with half of the world's people in their mother tongues, you'd need to know no fewer than twenty languages. In
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Andrew Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

by Annette Gordon-Reed ...

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed
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The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid & Ned Kelly

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Two famous 19th century outlaws from opposite sides of the world are brought to rollicking life in the acclaimed historian's "marvelous dual biography" (Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior).The legendary exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly live on in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so ... Read more

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Two famous 19th century outlaws from opposite sides of the world are brought to rollicking life in the acclaimed historian's "marvelous dual biography" (Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior).The legendary exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly live on in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so
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