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  • Virginia Women

    Their Lives and Times, Volume 2

    by Anna Berkes, Warren Hofstra, Jodi Koste, Pamela Matthews, Amy Feely Morsman, Jennifer Ritterhouse, Megan Shockley, Amy Tillerson-Brown, Ray Bonis, Arica L. Coleman, Beth English, Caroline E. Janney, Catherine Jones, Ann McCleary, Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Antoinette G. van Zelm ...
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    This second of two volumes continues the exploration of the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. Seventeen essays written by established and emerging scholars recover the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the transition from slavery to freedom in the period following the Civil War through the struggle to secure rights for gay and ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Cultures in Conflict

    The Seven Years' War in North America

    by Fred Anderson, Catherine Desbarats, Jonathan R. Dull, Allan Greer, Eric Hinderaker, Woody Holton, Paul Mapp, Timothy J. Shannon ...
    The Seven Years' War (1754–1763) was a pivotal event in the history of the Atlantic world. Perspectives on the significance of the war and its aftermath varied considerably from different cultural vantage points. Northern and western Indians, European imperial authorities, and their colonial counterparts understood and experienced the war (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America

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  • The First Frontier

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    by Scott Weidensaul ...
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  • The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

    Witchcraft in Colonial New England

    by Carol F. Karlsen ...
    "A pioneer work in . . . the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft."--Edmund S. Morgan, Yale UniversityConfessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • George Washington's Mount Vernon

    At Home in Revolutionary America

    by Lee Baldwin Dalzell, Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. ...
    George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his ... Read more

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  • Braddock's Defeat

    George Washington and the French and Indian War

    by Daniel R. Grimes ...
    This is the story of one of the biggest Indian victories over whites in the history of North America. The French and many different Indian tribes decisively defeated a much larger British army led by General Edward Braddock in 1755 in western Pennsylvania, during the French and Indian War. Among the British ranks was a young officer from Virginia named George Washington. In this war Washington ... Read more

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  • The Sons of Liberty: The Lives and Legacies of John Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and John Hancock

    by Charles River Editors ...
    *Weaves the lives of the 4 Sons of Liberty together into one entertaining and educational narrative. *Explains the relationships between the men and the roles each one played in the pivotal events before and during the Revolution.*Includes Paul Revere's account of his midnight ride and Longfellow's famous poem Paul Revere's Ride*Includes several letters and writings from John Adams, Sam Adams and ... Read more

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  • Four American Indians (1904), King Philip, Tecumseh, Pontiac, Osceola

    by Whitney, Edson L. ...
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  • Harvard Classics Volume 43: American Historical Documents (Illustrated Edition)

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