American History

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...

Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and...

Where do Asian Americans fit into the U.S. racial order? Are they subordinated comparably to Black people or permitted adjacency to whiteness? The racial reckoning prompted by the police murder...

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot...

A New York Times Bestseller! Welcome to the land of the free, the home of the brave-and, apparently, the dumb, bizarre, and gullible . . . A New York Times...

A pictorial history of the movie theater business of the Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation in Chicago.

One of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. 'A madness without parallel since Don Quixote,' said a future French president. This is history's...

Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906 examines how the American frontier was presented in theatrical productions during the critical period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of...

Born in Ireland in the 1840's, Eliza Lynch left the country as a young girl, fleeing the potato famine with her parents. As a young woman, she became one of...

The New York Times bestseller by one of today's biggest champions of conservative values. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Some of America's most important founders have been erased from our history...

The political memoir as rousing adventure story--a sizzling account of a life lived in the thick of every important struggle of the era. April 1973: snow falls thick and fast...

On a hot summer night in 1930, three black teenagers accused of murdering a young white man and raping his girlfriend waited for justice in an Indiana jail. A mob...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From...

A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished...

In today's world of constant identification checks, it's difficult to recall that there was ever a time when "proof of identity" was not a part of everyday life. And as...

"Bourbon Empire is more than just whiskey history. Mitenbuler demonstrates, with clear, witty and incisive prose, how the drink shaped, and was shaped by, the history of American capitalism society....

A compelling insight into American history and politics in the 20th and 21st centuries Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from...

At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins - wrecked by plague and civil war. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise: Willoughbyland. Ever since...

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American...

The National Museum of American History our country's largest history museum and one of the Smithsonian's most visited preserves three million objects that capture the American story. From this vast...

The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson,...

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea', reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers' settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle...

On a vast plateau high in the Bolivian Andes live the "Sons of the Moon", the Aymara. This great pre-Columbian empire, the first in South America, was a peaceful nation...

Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000...

In 1887, Southampton was proclaimed "the most charming of all small cities by the sea." From 1870 to 1930, the colonial farmsteads that dotted its oldest street made way for...

Author: Maldwyn A. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsDestination America by Maldwyn A. Jones presents a comprehensive historical account of immigration to the United States....

Author: William ManchesterBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Portrait Of A President, chronicles the life and times of a pivotal...

Now, for the first time, Kissinger gives us in a single volume an in-depth, inside view of the Vietnam War, personally collected, annotated, revised, and updated from his bestselling memoirs...

"Shaker" is an illustrated exploration of the unique lifestyle of the American "Shaker" celibate religious communities founded in the 18th century by an English Quaker, Ann Lee. A major feature...

Author: Studs TerkelBinding: HardbackPublished: PANTHEON BOOKS, NEW YORK, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top right of blockThis compelling work...

Author: John G. Nicolay And John HayBinding: HardbackPublished: The Century Co., New York; T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1890Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning...

Author: James A. MichenerBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ worn and faded with...

Author: Richard Lovett, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: EXCALIBUR BOOKS, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: previous author imprinting stamp, faded dust jacketAmerica 100 Years Ago: The Beauty Of Old...

Author: John Russell TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the remarkable influx of European...

Author: Sidney SheldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The Huguenots:...

Author: Claude-Anne LopezBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical biography, Mon Cher Papa: Franklin And The Ladies...

Author: Howard FastBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling historical novel The Immigrants chronicles the saga of the Lavette family as they arrive in California, seeking...

Author: Barbara GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight fading to spine of DJThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of a young heiress, detailing...

Author: G. Elmore ReamanBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller Limited, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The...

Author: James K. LyonBinding: PaperbackPublished: PRINCETON, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly biography chronicles the tumultuous years Bertolt Brecht spent in...

Author: Anthony F. C. WallaceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of...

Author: Eric Foner (editor)Binding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light discolouration to spine of cover. Tanning to block, half-title,...

Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRoots: The Saga Of An American Family chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately triumphant journey of several...

Author: Henry KissingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ spine. Light denting to discolouration to board. Block and pages yellowing. Binding...

Author: Art BuchwaldBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerMore Caviar presents a collection of Art Buchwald's signature satirical...

The raucous memoir from pop's most influential producer Lady Gaga, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus, the Barbie soundtrack. Behind some of the biggest musical moments in...