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  • Another's Country

    Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies

    by Ellen Shlasko, Daniel T. Elliott, Chester B. DePratter, Thomas R. Wheaton, Bobby Gerald Southerlin, Dave Crass, Katherine A. Saunders, Michael O. Hartley, Monica Beck, Natalie Adams0, Carl Steen1, Bruce R. Penner2, Tammy Forehand3, Rita Folse Elliott4, J. W. Joseph5, Martha A. Zierden6, Ronald W. Anthony9, William Green0 ...
    An engaging look at the rise and fall of cultural diversity in the colonial South and its role in shaping a distinct southern identityThe 18th-century South was a true melting pot, bringing together colonists from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and other locations, in addition to African slaves—all of whom shared in the experiences of adapting to a new environment and interacting ... Read more

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  • American Colonies

    The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1)

    by Alan Taylor, Eric Foner ...
    Series series The Penguin History of the United States
    A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American RevolutionsIn the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Hurricane of Independence

    The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution

    by Tony Williams ...
    The sleeper history hit of 2008, released in paperback to coincide with the heart of hurricane seasonOn September 2, 1775, the eighth deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time landed on American shores. Over the next days, it would race up the East Coast, striking all of the important colonial capitols and killing more than four thousand people. In an era when hurricanes were viewed as omens from ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings

    Enriched edition. Courage and Resilience in the Southern Colonies

    by Mary Johnston, Alicia Hammond ...
    In 'Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings', Mary Johnston masterfully interweaves historical narrative with vivid storytelling to explore the English colonial experience in the Southern United States. Set against a backdrop of burgeoning settlements and complex interactions between European settlers and Native American tribes, Johnston's prose reflects a meticulous ... Read more

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  • The Whole History Of Grandfather's Chair

    by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
    This is the annotated edition including both volumes of the book, a rare and extensive biographical essay on the author, a special introductory to the book, as well as an essay by Edgar Allan Poe on Hawthorne's tale-writing. About 1840 the first part of "Grandfather's Chair" was written, and published in Boston and New York; the second part not being brought out till 1842. This is a series of ... Read more

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  • The Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873

    Including a Full and Complete Account of the Four Days' Draft Riot of 1863

    by J. T. Headley ...
    CONTENTSPREFACE.CHAPTER I.CHAPTER II. — THE NEGRO RIOTS OF 1712-1741.CHAPTER III. — THE STAMP-ACT RIOT OF 1765.CHAPTER IV. — DOCTORS' RIOT, 1788.CHAPTER V. — SPRING ELECTION RIOTS OF 1834.CHAPTER VI. — ABOLITION RIOTS OF 1834 AND 1835.CHAPTER VII. — FLOUR RIOT OF 1837.CHAPTER VIII. — ASTOR-PLACE RIOTS, 1849.CHAPTER IX. — POLICE RIOT—DEAD-RABBITS' RIOT—BREAD RIOT.CHAPTER X. — DRAFT RIOTS OF 1863 ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Eastern Frontier

    by Charles Clark ...
    In this fascinating social history of America’s first frontier, Charles Clark brings to life the people and settlements of Maine and New Hampshire before the Revolutionary War. He describes what life was like beyond the Merrimack from the early fishing camps on the coast to the settlement of mid-eighteenth-century wilderness towns in the interior.The sturdy, independent men who first settled the ... Read more

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  • Murders, Mysteries and History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1800 – 1956

    by Don Hilton ...
    Who doesnt love a good homicide? Murders, Mysteries and History pulls 150 years of forgotten crimes straight from the pages of yesterdays news and stirs them in a historical mix to produce a book like no other. Get the scoop on more than a hundred real-life murders and unsolved killings. Vics, suspects, perps. Judges and juries. Jails and penitentiaries. Hangings, electrocutions and nothing less ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The New History in an Old Museum

    Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg

    by Richard Handler, Eric Gable ...
    The New History in an Old Museum is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork—including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Volume 1

    by Alexander Hamilton ...
    Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Alexander Hamiltons (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, being shot and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton became one of the most instrumental Founding Fathers of the United States in that time, not only in helping draft and gain support for the U.S. Constitution but in also leading the Federalist party and ... Read more

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  • City

    Urbanism and Its End

    by Professor Douglas W. Rae ...
    Series series The Institution for Social and Policy St
    How did neighborhood groceries, parish halls, factories, and even saloons contribute more to urban vitality than did the fiscal might of postwar urban renewal? With a novelist’s eye for telling detail, Douglas Rae depicts the features that contributed most to city life in the early urbanist” decades of the twentieth century. Rae’s subject is New Haven, Connecticut, but the lessons he draws apply ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Beginnings of New England

    Enriched edition. Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty

    by John Fiske, Shane Brooks ...
    In "The Beginnings of New England," John Fiske offers a comprehensive narrative of the early colonial period, chronicling the foundation and development of New England from the late 16th century through the early 18th century. Fiske's literary style combines engaging storytelling with meticulous historical detail, reflecting the intellectual currents of the late 19th century. He employs a thematic ... Read more

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