University of Tennessee Press, April 2004. Hardcover. In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk s correspondence shifted from those issues relating to the formation of his administration and distribution of part patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the admission of Texas..... More
University of Texas Press, January 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is a tribute to "an incomparable triumvirate." "One was a naturalist, one a historian, and one a chronicler, but each of them was each of these. The manly love between them, a handsome thing in times and places blighted..... More
Louisiana State University Press, April 1988. Hardcover. Examines President Carter's relationship with Congress, discusses his antipolitical approach to reform, and assesses the accomplishment of his administration. Light shelf wear and edge wear on the jacket. Small water stain on one corner of the back board. More
Bantam Classics, April 2000. Mass Market PaperBack. From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable..... More
Readers Digest, April 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Light yellowing on the jacket spine. Mylar wrapped. More
Easton Press, January 1976. Leather. Full leather. Gilt edges. Silk ribbon page marker. Previous owner's book plate affixed to front pastedown. More
Bedford/St. Martin's, April 2003. Trade Paperback. This second edition of Franklin's famous autobiography is accompanied by a portfolio of illustrations and an introduction that provides background for students and invites them to think about the work's lasting impact on American society and culture. More
Hakluyt Society, January 1988. Hardcover. In 1845 Sir John Franklin's expedition left England, searching for a northwest passage, and vanished into the Arctic forever. Three years later HMS Plover's was the first departure of 21 expeditions searching for Franklin. Although most of the analyses of the Franklin Search have focused..... More
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Knopf, April 2002. First Edition. Cloth. Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation..... More
Twelve, October 2015. First Edition. Cloth. In Drinking in America, bestselling author Susan Cheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, taking a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has changed our nation's history. This is the often-overlooked story of how alcohol has shaped American events and the American..... More
Twelve, April 2015. Hardcover. #1 "New York Times" Bestseller#1 "Wall Street Journal" Bestseller From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' "The Five," Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, November 2017. Paper Back. The most gripping, intimate, and inspiring account of Pearl Harbor. The first memoir ever published by a USS Arizona survivor. At 8:10 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had..... More
Viking Adult, May 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. It is not a stretch to argue that history will remember Jimmy Carter for his post-presidential works long after his tenure in the White House has been forgotten. But as Douglas Brinkley points out in this absorbing study, it took such presidential accomplishments..... More
State Univ of New York Pr, January 2006. Hardcover. In Speaking Power, DoVeanna S. Fulton explores and analyzes the use of oral traditions in African American women s autobiographical and fictional narratives of slavery. African American women have consistently employed oral traditions not only to relate the pain and degradation..... More
Arcadia Publishing, June 2004. Trade Paperback. When driving into San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, the sweeping vistas and greenery gradually give way to the city's charming and inviting Marina District. This area is undoubtedly one of San Francisco's most picturesque and best-known neighborhoods and is famous for its..... More
Modern Library, October 2002. Trade Paperback. Theodore Rex is the story--never fully told before--of Theodore Roosevelt's two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, "TR" succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all..... More
Twelve, April 2011. Trade Paperback. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. TRUE COMPASS The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose..... More
Jellyfish Highway Press, Inc., February 2016. Trade Paperback. Fever dreams turn kids into parrots, lungs sprout seeds, and a lover's infection infuses into her name. In this collaborative collection by Elizabeth J. Colen, Carol Guess, and Kelly Magee, real contagions transform into magical kinds of sickness, from airborne amnesia to..... More
Vintage, March 1998. Trade Paperback. Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his..... More
Madison County Historical Society, January 1946. Hardcover. Very faint dampstaining along bottom of book and jacket; triangular 2' missing piece along bottom of front panel of jacket. Solid copy. More
Perigee Trade, October 1988. Trade Paperback. More
The Franklin Library, January 1977. Leather. Gilt edges and cover design. Moire endpapers. Cover and edges significantly faded. Embossed stamp on title page. Limited edition. More
St. Martin's Press, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is cocked and has some dampstaining and foxing. Warm inscription on front free endpaper from G. Gordon Liddy. More
American Immigration Control Foundation, December 1984. Pamphlet. Some foxing and sunning on cover. More
