Penguin Press HC, The, October 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. From the Pulitzer Prize winningauthor of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning withJefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. Hiscause went down in disastrous defeat and left theSouth impoverished for..... More
Collins, May 2008. Hardcover. Light shelf wear to jacket. More
Simon & Schuster, June 1992. Hardcover. Here at last is the first full-scale biography of Harry S. Truman, his life and times, by David McCullough, distinguished historian and prize-winning author. Huge, ambitious, ten years in the writing, and perfectly realized, "Truman" is an American masterpiece about that most American of..... More
Viking Adult, May 2010. Hardcover. Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflower" sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat..... More
Broadway, October 2006. Trade Paperback. At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt--it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon..... More
Vintage, February 2004. Trade Paperback. This New York Times bestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the..... More
Anchor, March 1992. Trade Paperback. This national best-seller brilliantly analyzes America in the 1980s from the election of Ronald Reagan through to the end of the decade. The author points a vivid portrait not only of Reagan's presidency, but also of the Iran-Contra affair, the boom times on Wall Street..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2002. Trade Paperback. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, April 2009. Trade Paperback. In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, October 2004. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history's towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of "the Greatest Generation." In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the..... 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
Penguin USA, December 1982. Mass Market PaperBack. On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, sheds light on America's westward expansion, and celebrates the American spirit. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), September 2009. Trade Paperback. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a...... 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
Vintage, August 1974. Trade Paperback. More
Spiegel & Grau, October 2014. Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX - A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice--from one of..... More
Little Brown & Co (P), October 1988. Trade Paperback. Sunned spine. Mild wear to edges & several light scrap marks to cover front & back. Clean text. Solid binding. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), February 1989. Trade Paperback. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's remarkable chronicle of their Voyage of Discovery across the pristine, uncharted wilderness of the American West occupies a unique place in American literature. To a young republic barely a dozen years old, the "Journals" offered not only a pathbreaking..... More
William Morrow, April 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. The leader of the student uprising of 1968 and founding member of the notorious Weather Underground tells his story--for the first time In 1968, Mark Rudd led the legendary occupation of five buildings at Columbia University, a dramatic act of protest against the..... More
Perigee Trade, October 1988. Trade Paperback. More
N/A, June 2001. Hardcover. We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus. There will be remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man.--Thomas Jefferson Featuring an introduction by Forrest Church, this..... 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
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
Easton Press, January 1976. Leather. Full leather. Gilt edges. Silk ribbon page marker. Previous owner's book plate affixed to front pastedown. More
