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  • The Arkansas Post of Louisiana

    Arkansas Post, the first European settlement in what would become Jefferson’s Louisiana, had an important mission as the only settlement between Natchez and the Illinois Country, a stretch of more than eight hundred miles along the Mississippi River. The Post was a stopping point for shelter and supplies for those travelling by boat or land, and it was of strategic importance as well, as it ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Colonial Arkansas, 1686-1804

    A Social and Cultural History

    "Meticulously researched, highly readable, profusely illustrated, and broadly focused . . . unquestionably the most significant work ever written about the Arkansas Post." --Carl Brasseaux ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Arkansas

    A Narrative History

    Arkansas: A Narrative History is a comprehensive history of the state that has been invaluable to students and the general public since its original publication. Four distinguished scholars cover prehistoric Arkansas, the colonial period, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and incorporate the newest historiography to bring the book up to date for 2012.A new chapter on Arkansas geography, ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Arkansas

    A Concise History

    Distilled from Arkansas: A Narrative History, the definitive work on the subject since its original publication in 2002, Arkansas: A Concise History is a succinct one-volume history of the state from the prehistory period to the present. Featuring four historians, each bringing his or her expertise to a range of topics, this volume introduces readers to the major issues that have confronted the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Rumble of a Distant Drum

    The Quapaws and Old World Newcomers, 1673–1804

    by Morris Arnold ...
    Winner of the 2001 Booker Worthen Literary PrizeWinner of the 2002 S. G. Ragsdale Award for Arkansas HistoryThe Rumble of a Distant Drum opens in 1673 when Marquette and Jolliet sailed down the Mississippi River and found the Quapaw living in the area where the Arkansas River flowed into the Mississippi. In 1686 Henri de Tonti would found Arkansas Post in this same location. It was the first ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race

    European Legal Traditions in Arkansas, 1686-1836

    by Morris Arnold ...
    Partly because its colonial settlements were tiny, remote, and inconsequential, the early history of Arkansas has been almost entirely neglected. Even Arkansas Post, the principal eighteenth-century settlement, served mainly as a temporary place of residence for trappers and voyageurs. It was also an entrepot for travelers on the Mississippi—a place to be while on the way elsewhere. Only a very ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • On the Laws and Customs of England

    Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne

    Series series Studies in Legal History
    Investigating a wide range of problems in the development of English law, this collection of original essays honors the contributions of Samuel D. Thorne to the study of English legal history from the eleventh to the seventeenth century. The essays combine close study of legal texts and doctrines in their own setting with broader analysis of the interaction of legal and social change. Although ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Genesis Record

    A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings

    by Henry Morris ...
    Understanding the marvelous works of God recorded in the Book of GenesisLogically compelling and eminently readable, The Genesis Record is the first commentary on the complete Book of Genesis written by a creation scientist. Through engaging narrative rather than a critical verse-by-verse analysis, Dr. Henry M. Morris explores the important historical, scientific, and theological information and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Diary of a Professional Experiencer

    An Autobiographical Journey Into the Evolution of an Acting System

    by Eric Morris ...
    The Diary of a Professional Experiencer is the sixth in a series of books written by Eric Morris. Unlike his other books, this is a very personal account of his frustrations and struggles as he strives to discover how the actor creates reality on the stage or in film. Though the style is autobiographical, this is, nevertheless, a book about acting. It details the specific discoveries and ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • The Last Founding Father

    James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

    From the New York Times bestselling author, the larger than life story of America's fifth president, who transformed a small, fragile nation into a powerful empireIn this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758-1831)-the last of America's Founding Fathers-who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Revolution Song

    The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives

    “An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.” —Chicago TribuneAt a time when America’s founding principles are being debated as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. In Revolution Song, Shorto weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The Accidental City

    Improvising New Orleans

    This is the story of a city that shouldn’t exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America’s most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, battered by hurricanes. But through the intense imperial rivalries of Spain, France, and England, and the ambitious, entrepreneurial merchants and settlers from four continents who risked their lives to ... Read more

    $18.79 USD