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  • A Short History of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

    Exploring America's Oldest Natural Science Institution

    In "A Short History of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia," Edward James Nolan presents a meticulously researched chronicle that captures the institution's evolution from its founding in 1812 to its contemporary role in science and education. Written with clarity and precision, Nolan's literary style marries scholarly rigor with accessibility, making this historical account suitable ... Leer más

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  • American Eden

    David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic

    Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionA New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionThe untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to ... Leer más

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  • White Debt

    The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery

    When Thomas Harding discovered that his family had profited from slavery, he set out to interrogate the choices of his ancestors and Britain's role in this terrible history. His investigation took him to Demerara (now Guyana), the site of an uprising by enslaved people in 1823, the largest in the British Empire and a key trigger in the abolition of slavery. Charting the dramatic build-up to this ... Leer más

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  • The Manor

    Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island

    de Mac Griswold ...
    Mac Griswold's The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister—and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a Colonial New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago.In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island ... Leer más

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  • Written in Bone

    Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

    YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistOne of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Public Library, School Library Journal, Science Books & FilmsBright white teeth. Straight leg bones. Awkwardly contorted arm bones. On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been ... Leer más

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  • The Age of Homespun

    Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

    They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America–ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock–relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history.In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The ... Leer más

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  • Darwin's Sacred Cause

    How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution

    An "arresting" and deeply personal portrait that "confront[s] the touchy subject of Darwin and race head on" ( The New York Times Book Review).It's difficult to overstate the profound risk Charles Darwin took in publishing his theory of evolution. How and why would a quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, produce one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Drawing ... Leer más

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  • A Revolution in Color

    The World of John Singleton Copley

    de Jane Kamensky ...
    **Winner of the New York Historical Book Prize in American HistoryWinner of the James Bradford Biography PrizeWinner of the Annibel Jenkins Biography PrizeWinner of the Massachusetts Book Award"A stunning biography…[A] truly singular account of the American Revolution." —Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire**Through an intimate narrative of the life of painter John Singleton Copley, award ... Leer más

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  • Massacre at Duffy's Cut

    Tragedy & Conspiracy on the Pennsylvania Railroad

    Series series True Crime
    The shocking murder of railroad laborers in nineteenth-century Pennsylvania—and the centuries-long coverup that followed—is revealed in this true crime history.In June 1832, railroad contractor Philip Duffy hired fifty-seven Irish immigrant laborers to work on Pennsylvania's Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. They were sent to a stretch of track in rural Chester County known as Duffy's Cut. Six ... Leer más

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  • Benjamin Franklin in London

    The British Life of America's Founding Father

    Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    An "enthralling" chronicle of the nearly two decades the statesman, scientist, inventor, and Founding Father spent in the British imperial capital (BBC Radio 4, Book of the Week).For more than a fifth of his life, Benjamin Franklin lived in London. He dined with prime ministers, members of parliament, even kings, as well as with Britain's most esteemed intellectuals—including David Hume, Joseph ... Leer más

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  • Digging up the Dirt

    The History and Mysteries of the Will County Poor Farm and Potter's Fields

    de Gina Wysocki ...
    The Will County Poor Farm was a home for the less fortunate, terminally and mentally ill, elderly, and orphaned children. Hundreds resided there over the years and despite the closing in 1955, hundreds of them still remain, somewhere within the 180 acres. ... Leer más

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