General Books


The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators Best Price: $43.28 In this much-needed reprinting of Benn Pitman's transcript of the trial of the...	A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780 Best Price: $20.10 With only rare exceptions like Pearl Harbor, American military disasters are generally ignored -...	Indian New England 1524-1674: A Compendium of Eyewitness Accounts of Native American Life (Heritage of New England Series) Best Price: $12.95 What an excellent book! The editor deserves much praise due to the fact of the excellent...	Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769-1850 Best Price: $20.25 Recovering lost voices and exploring issues intimate and institutional, this sweeping...	Alexander Hamilton America's Forgotten Founder (HC) Best Price: $32.95 The author of Alexander Hamilton - America's Forgotten Founder brings to light the unique...



The Hidden Galleon: The true story of a lost Spanish ship and the legendary wild horses of Assateague Island Best Price: $21.75 Mr. Powell, I respectfully disagree. It is a historical event that weaves itself into todays...	Colonial Women: 23 Europeans Who Helped Build a Nation Best Price: $5.64 This is a very good book concerning 23 different women who lived during the 1600's and 1700's. ...	Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America Best Price: $18.00 The late Francis Jennings's trilogy consummates his life work of creating an accurate, humane...	Lincoln and Booth: More Light on the Conspiracy Best Price: $3.39 I had just finished "American Brutus" by Kauffman when I picked this book up. In...	The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 (Bluejacket Paperback) Best Price: $7.50 While Americans are quite familiar with the story of the Revolutionary War, far less has been...



Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment (The Lamar Series in Western History) Best Price: $15.71 I guess this is what passes for history these days. Make sure you pay homage to every point of...	The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776 Best Price: $19.75 In a provocative reinterpretation of the first century of American history, McConville argues...	Colonial British America: Essays in the New History of the Early Modern Era Best Price: $19.00 These essays are great for the serious student of colonial history, esp. graduate students,...	The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada, Volume 2: From the Spring of 1763 to the Death of Pontiac (Conspiracy of Pontiac & the Indian War After the Conquest of) Best Price: $12.98 This book was written in the 1800's so a lot of the language is "old-fashioned". I...	A History of the Book in America: Volume I: The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World (History of the Book in America) Best Price: $28.59 Volume 1, The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World carries the interrelated stories of...

Colonial Natchitoches: A Creole Community on the Louisiana-Texas Frontier (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest) Best Price: $39.95 Strategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches...	Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South Best Price: $21.99 The theme of slave trade dominates the book. However, it is neither monotonous nor...	Capitalism and a New Social Order (Anson G. Phelps Lectureship on Early American History) Best Price: $16.98 The book was physically in good condition, however there was a lot of highlighting in it. Other...	A People Numerous and Armed: Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) Best Price: $15.00 This was a nice collection of intelligent and well written essays on the American Revolution. I...	European Encounters with the New World: From Renaissance to Romanticism Anthony Pagden's 1993 book, "European Encounters with the New World," is a...

From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765 (Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America) Best Price: $25.23 This book is a wonderful addition for the amateur genealogist of Connecticut families. Many...	Abraham Lincoln Speeches & Letters (Everyman's Library (Paper)) Best Price: $6.91 This book is part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and...	Woman Rice Planter (Southern Classics Series) Best Price: $12.57 A self-portrait of an admirable plantation mistress spanning a period from antebellum days until...	Rulers of Evil: Useful Knowledge About Governing Bodies Best Price: $86.41 This book is outside the box. It is off the hook; you need to read this perspective on world...	The Artisan of Ipswich: Craftsmanship and Community in Colonial New England (Director's Circle Book) Best Price: $14.81 Tarule, himself a furniture-maker in Vermont making reproductions of 17th-century furniture,...

The American Civil War: 365 Days Best Price: $6.18 The book itself and particularly the illustrations, are incredible, but I found the factoids in...	Sensibility and the American Revolution Best Price: $18.96 In the wake of American independence, it was clear that the new United States required novel...	American Slavery American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia Best Price: $25.00 This comprehensive history of early Virginia persuasively argues that slavery and racism...	The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun Best Price: $75.00 ~The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun~ is a powerful biography, of not one but...	Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (American Presidency Series) Best Price: $28.00 Two controversial leaders who surprised their party by their strong wills. A must read for U.S....

A Place in Time: Middlesex Country, Virginia, 1650-1750 (Place in Time) Best Price: $15.98 For those interested in life in early Virginia, especially those that had ancestors there, this...	On Witchcraft (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) Best Price: $6.06 Cotton Mather rote this book in defense of the Salem witch trials. In this he covers the...	Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century Best Price: $21.76 Through networks of trails and rivers inland and established ocean routes across the seas,...	The Jefferson Image in the American Mind Best Price: $20.00 Peterson's book captures snapshots of how Americans have viewed Thomas Jefferson throughout our...	Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell Best Price: $15.65 I really enjoyed the book. It brought 17th century New England to life for me. I thank the...

Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando De Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms Best Price: $22.00 While reading Tony Horwitz's recent book, "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New...	The Potomac Canal: George Washington and the Waterway to the West Best Price: $24.95 "The Potomac Canal: George Washington and the Waterway to the West" by Robert J....	The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed Best Price: $4.97 A nice addition to the biographies of our founding fathers. Many of these individuals were...	Disorderly Women: Sexual Politics & Evangelicalism in Revolutionary New England Best Price: $18.94 Through a series of well-researched arguments, Susan Juster, Professor of History at the...	Taking Sides: American History, Volume I (Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History) Best Price: $15.99 Good Book

So Dreadfull a Judgment: Puritan Responses to King Philip's War, 1676-1677 Best Price: $15.00 For the newly established New England colonies, the war with the Indians of 1675-77 was a...	Tom Paine and Revolutionary America Best Price: $5.94 Foner, Eric. Tom Paine and Revolutionary America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pp....	Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution Best Price: $8.00 This book suffers greatly from the author's unbalanced treatment of Thomas Jefferson. Ferling...	Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth Century Philadelphia (Early American Studies) Best Price: $18.99 As a pure piece of social history, this is a lovely piece of work. Those of us who enjoy the...	Lincoln's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865 Best Price: $19.55 Longacre rightly refutes, with evidence the myth of "it takes three years to make a...

Letters from an American Farmer (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) Best Price: $5.12 18th-century classic detailing seafaring life in New England and plantation culture in the South...	The Forgotten Centuries: Indians and Europeans in the American South, 1521-1704 Best Price: $27.50 Attempts to account for nearly two centuries that are "missing" from the history of...	The War of 1812 Best Price: $2.89 This book is a good, even-handed introduction to the War of 1812. The causes of the war, the...	Acadian-Cajun Family Trees Best Price: $7.32 The Yvon Cyr CD is a very well packaged and usable resource. Accessing the data on the CD is a...	The Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869 Best Price: $5.49 This is my third book by Ackerman. The book is excellent. He simplies the details and maintains...

Bloody Angle: Hancock's Assault On The Mule Shoe Salient, May 12, 1864 (Battleground America Guides) Best Price: $2.97 This is a great, great little book. One of the better ones in the Battleground America Series....	James Madison: Philosopher, Founder, and Statesman Best Price: $19.81 James Madison: Philosopher, Founder, and Statesman presents fresh scholarship on the...	Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Cases Best Price: $64.01 I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was well researched and presented. Dr. Oster was able...	The French-Indian War 1754-1760 Best Price: $3.00 All in all, Daniel Marston does a good job in summarizing this conflict. The French and Indian...	Don Troiani's Soldiers in America 1754-1865 Best Price: $14.95 There is little I can say which hasn't already been articulated by prior reviewers. This is a...

Taming Democracy: "The People," the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution Best Price: $21.99 Democracy, that is, the empowerment of the common man, and elitism are usually simply not...

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