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Historical events, civilizations, and analysis
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The Second Founding How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
by Eric Foner
History
United States
19th Century
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nat...
The American Civil War Trivia Book Interesting American Civil War Stories You Didn't Know
by Bill O'Neill
History
Military
United States
If you went to school in the United States, you probably learned about the Civil War - but this book won't be like what ...
How Civil Wars Start
by Barbara F. Walter
Social Sciences
Violence in Society
History
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civi...
Defending Dixie’s Land: What Every American Should Know About The South And The Civil War
by Isaac C. Bishop
History
Americas
United States
"History is the propaganda of the victorious," observed Voltaire, and the history of America's so-called "Civil War" is ...
Confederates in the Attic Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
by Tony Horwitz
History
United States
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the...
It Wasn't About Slavery Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War
by Samuel W. Mitcham
History
United States
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
The Great Lie of the Civil War If you think the Civil War was fought to end slavery, you’ve been duped. In fact, as dis...
An Uncommon Soldier The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers
by Sarah Rosetta Wakeman
Biography & Autobiography
Historical
History
"I don't know how long before i shall have to go into the field of battle. For my part i don't care. I don't feel afraid...
The Undertow Scenes from a Slow Civil War
by Jeff Sharlet
Social Science
Sociology
History
One of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation com...
Behind Rebel Lines The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
by Seymour Reit
Juvenile Fiction
Historical
United States
In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not ...
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
by Jeff Sharlet
Social Sciences
Sociology
History
One of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation com...
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson
Social Sciences
History
History of the Americas
Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending sla...
Great Battles for Boys The Civil War
by Joe Giorello
HISTORY
Military
United States
Unforgettable History! Great Battles for Boys is the bestselling history series that sends young readers "into the fight...
The Irish War of Independence and Civil War
by John Gibney
Social Sciences
History
European History
An in-depth look at how the Irish Free State was born, from a variety of perspectives. In the aftermath of the First W...
Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America
by Leslie A. Schwalm
Social Sciences
History
American History
This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how ...
James Longstreet and the American Civil War
by Harold M. Knudsen
Social Sciences
History
American History
SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED AND COMPLETELY REVISED The American Civil War is often called the first “modern war.” Sandwiched ...
Killing the Witches The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly
History
United States
Colonial Period (1600-1775)
The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!Killing the Witches revisits one of t...
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Authorized, Expanded, and Annotated Edition
by Calvin Coolidge
Biography & Autobiography
Presidents & Heads of State
History
"It was my hope to produce a book that would not only have some historical interest, but would be useful for those in pu...
Autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
Biography & Autobiography
Historical
History
"My purpose, " Mahatma Gandhi writes of this book, "is to describe experiments in the science of Satyagraha, not to say ...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
History
Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benj...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Original 1793 Edition (The Autobiography Classics Of Benjamin Franklin)
by Benjamin Franklin
Biographies & Memoirs
Leaders & Notable People
Military
“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I w...
Pioneer Girl The Annotated Autobiography
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Biography & Autobiography
Historical
Literary Figures
Long hidden in archives, Laura Ingalls Wilder's original handwritten autobiography is a tribute to her family and her ex...
Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17) Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters
by Thomas Jefferson
History
United States
Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
The most comprehensive collection of the Founding Father’s famous writings, including drafts of the Declaration of Indep...
My Inventions The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
by Nikola Tesla
Biography & Autobiography
Historical
Science & Technology
2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of th...
Post-Apocalyptic Cultures
by Julia Urabayen
History
Social History
Political Science
This book advocates for the necessity of recovering the value of utopias as political projects that open new channels of...
