General Books


Francis Parkman : The Oregon Trail / The Conspiracy of Pontiac (The Library of America) Best Price: $11.46 The Library of America has done it again - directing me toward this priceless book by Francis...	A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars Best Price: $7.94 Why the author chose to begin his book on the conflicts between England and France in North...	A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America Best Price: $8.00 Horn's work is well-written and provides insight into both the English and the local Indian...	Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans Best Price: $27.97 In this splendid and groundbreaking history of colonial New Orleans, Shannon Dawdy demonstrates...	Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution Best Price: $12.95 This well-argued collection of James McPherson's occasional pieces focuses primarily on what the...



Best Little Stories from the American Revolution Best Price: $6.50 I really enjoyed the book. It covers stories with wonderful details. The book allows for extra...	American Colonial Homes: A Pictorial History Best Price: $5.40 IF YOU LOVE DRIVIN' AROUND LOOKIN' AT OLD PEOPLES' HOUSES THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU,PAL!LOTSA...	Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America (5th Edition) (MySearchLab Series 15% off) Best Price: $35.00 Written by highly acclaimed historian Gary B. Nash, this book presents an interpretive...	Wives of the Signers Best Price: $7.99 Describes the hardships and struggles experienced by the wives of those who signed the...	A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail for Families and History Buffs Best Price: $12.41 First off, I am not History Buff nor do I have kids, but this book is very cool anyway... ...



Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier: The Penguin Library of American Indian History Best Price: $6.80 A vividly drawn portrait of the powerful Iroquois nation during colonial America In the...	George Mason, Forgotten Founder Best Price: $22.49 I felt this was a good book about a secondary figure in the revolutionary period. Mason was...	The History of the American Indians Best Price: $46.80 James Adair's classic study of southeastern Native American culture of the late colonial period...	The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic Best Price: $26.95 Lance Banning passed away on Jan. 31 of this year. When I learned this I decided to change the...	Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (3) (Men-at-Arms) Best Price: $4.05 A fine source on the militia, provincial troops, and rangers of all the original American...

Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States Best Price: $5.99 AMERICA is a continent bearing a name only for 500 Years. It has been proposed such a name to...	The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror and the Death of Reconstruction Best Price: $11.85 This is a well-researched book describing the incident of the Colfax affair that took place...	Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas Best Price: $14.00 Do you like books about the Civil War, military tactics, or just the second Battle of Bull Run?...	Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers: A History Of The 6th Louisiana Volunteers Best Price: $24.95 Great regimental history and story of the 1st LA "Tiger" Bde. To learn more about the...	The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes With English Colonies from Its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty O Best Price: $10.72 Our standard secondary school history jumps abruptly from Jamestown and Plymouth Rock to...

Samuel Adams: A Life Best Price: $21.08 The book is a string of quotes tied together with "he said", "he warned",...	Savage Barbecue: Race, Culture, and the Invention of America's First Food Best Price: $11.85 In Savage Barbecue, Andrew Warnes looks at the history of what he calls the first American food....	A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America Best Price: $26.05 "A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America" by Ivor Noel-Hume is one of the great 20th...	Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph Plumb Martin (Dover Value Editions) Best Price: $2.55 Every American should read this book! This is the only account of the Revolutionary War told...	The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Mentor) Best Price: $7.55 Arrived promptly and in good condition. The book contains Newspaper articles of the period...

Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West Best Price: $10.76 American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this...	Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Best Price: $7.35 Stephen Oates is an outstanding narrative historian and a first-rate biographer. In this volume,...	In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process 1: The Colonial Period (Race and the American Legal Process) Best Price: $15.95 I bought this book on the reccomendation of my professor for a class in African American...	Monongahela 1754-55: "Washington's defeat, Braddock's disaster" (Campaign) Best Price: $11.88 When I saw this book come out, I snatched it up as I try and read everything on the subject in...	Paul Revere's Ride Best Price: $25.95 I have not read a non fiction book in years but I love historical fiction. To read Fischer's...

Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography Best Price: $34.99 This superb collection of over 900 photos gives us a moving picture-biography of America's 16th...	Gettysburg--The Second Day Best Price: $19.01 The Greatest 3 hours of fighting during the Civil War Harry Pfanz's outstanding Gettysburg-The...	The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members and a Composite Diary of Their Activities from All Known Sources (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Best Price: $6.95 This book is basically in two parts: the first is a listing of all 51 men associated with the L...	Postcolonial Theory Best Price: $23.40 The book provides an overview of postcolonialism's pervasiveness in the academy, and lucidly...	John Jay: Founding Father Best Price: $11.97 During the American revolutionary era, few men (if any) exceeded John Jay in both longevity and...

Breaking The Backcountry: Seven Years War In Virginia And Pennsylvania 1754-1765 Best Price: $15.52 The author gives a good insight as to why the backcountry of both Pennslyvania and Virginia were...	Benjamin Franklin Best Price: $12.95 1991 Penguin Books reissue of 1st edition (1938), 862 pages (of which 782 pages form the main...	Governor William Bradford's Letter Book Best Price: $4.07 Gathered during Plymouth Colony's crucial first decade, Bradford's Letter Book served as a...	The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution Best Price: $18.95 It is often written that the American Revolution had several causes, the predominant instigator...	Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology Best Price: $14.26 At the entrance of Big Bone Lick State Park, Kentucky, one can reads that this is the place...

Frontiers: A Short History of the American West (The Lamar Series in Western History) Best Price: $11.55 This is a great book if you want an overall synopsis of the history of the American West. While...	Colonial Living Best Price: $13.00 Here in the 21st century, life in 18th century (and before) colonial America is quickly becoming...	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...	Founding Fathers: Brief Lives of the Framers of the United States Constitution Best Price: $6.00 "Founding Fathers" is well written and well researched. Many thought provoking...	When the Smoke Cleared at Gettysburg: The Tragic Aftermath of the Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War Best Price: $5.00 The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1--3, 1863) was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, resulting...

Roger Williams (Lives and Legacies) Best Price: $3.75 While best known as a champion of religious freedom and the founder of Rhode Island, Professor...	Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President This is fine biography traces Lincoln's philosphical and theological development and in so doing...	The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture) Best Price: $27.50 "The Other Founders" by history professor Saul Cornell is a book about the...	The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle Best Price: $7.95 A lesson that comes through in Margaret Creighton's excellent The Colors of Courage is one,...	Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield Best Price: $18.99 It has often been remarked that the only thing new under the sun is the history one has not read...

Colonial Craftsmen: And the Beginnings of American Industry Best Price: $12.09 I now own three of Edwin Tunis' books. The drawings are wonderful -- detailed. The writing...	The Course of Empire Best Price: $5.70 This is a magisterial history of the exploration of the west by an icon of western histiography....	Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (Brown Thrasher Books) (Brown Thrasher Books) Best Price: $5.89 Imagine that you are an educated, early-19th century British woman who marries a cultured,...	Empire of the Bay: The Company of Adventurers that Seized a Continent Best Price: $58.22 This is a tremendous history. Its scope isn't limited to Canada, but spans 400 years of North...	Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby Best Price: $21.87 James A. Ramage has written what must be THE definitive book on the life of John Singleton...

The First American Army (PB): The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's First Fight for Freedom Best Price: $7.42 If you loved the book "1776" you will love this book. It is written much the same way....

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Colonial Period