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Our Part in the Great War
Arthur Gleason
A eyewitness journey into the heart of the Western Front reveals the spiritual resolve of a devastated France and the stark, chilling reality of modern warfare.
American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History
John Fiske
A self-governing town assembly contains the seed of a global federation. When local liberty pairs with broad representation, human history finds its way out of perpetual warfare.
American Slave Trade
Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834
In a nation priding itself on liberty, free citizens are dragged from their beds and bound in chains for southern markets. Jesse Torrey’s early nineteenth-century treatise exposes the domestic slave trade operating in the very shadow of the American Capitol.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862: Devoted To Literature and National Policy
Various
A Union monthly magazine published during the heat of the American Civil War blends fiery anti-slavery essays, wartime reporting, serialized fiction, and travel sketches into a singular portrait of a nation fighting to redefine itself.
A Living from the Land
William B. (William Budington) Duryee
Seeking a return to the land is a rational response to modern economic uncertainty, provided one approaches the transition with expert guidance and careful planning. This manual offers a measured path toward securing stability through small-scale, diversified agricultural self-sufficiency.
American War Ballads and Lyrics, Volume 2 (of 2): A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of the Colonial Wars, the Revolutions, the War of 1812-15, the War with Mexico and the Civil War
Unknown
A chorus of voices from the American past, this collection gathers the songs and verse that defined a nation’s most tumultuous conflicts, capturing the raw spirit of soldiers and the heavy hearts of those who waited at home.
Beadle's Dime Union Song Book No. 2: A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs
Various
A fragile, pocket-sized chorus of a nation at war, these verses capture the urgent, fervent spirit of a country bracing for the uncertainty of the Civil War.
Boone's Wilderness Road
Archer Butler Hulbert
The story of the American frontier is etched into the earth by the paths of those who traveled it first. This account traces the arduous creation and expansion of the legendary route that opened Kentucky to settlement.
Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine Landings in the Marshall Islands
John C. (John Carsten) Chapin
This concise historical monograph documents the U.S. military’s 1944 campaign to capture the Marshall Islands, a pivotal operation that breached Japan’s outer defensive perimeter in the Central Pacific. Through a blend of strategic overview and intimate, ground-level accounts, it captures the intensity of the…
Coal and the coal mines
Homer Greene
This instructive volume offers a window into the late 19th-century American coal industry, blending geological science with the gritty realities of industrial life. It serves as a comprehensive guide for readers curious about the origins, discovery, and extraction of the fuel that powered an era.
Sabbath in Puritan New England
Alice Morse Earle
This is an evocative, meticulously researched chronicle of the daily religious life of the early New England settlers. It reconstructs the austere, often uncomfortable realities of the Puritan Sabbath with scholarly precision and deep human empathy.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. 08
Unknown
Navigating the precarious birth of a new nation required more than muskets; it demanded the subtle, often desperate art of statecraft practiced in the courts of Europe. These records reveal the behind-the-scenes reality of the American Revolution, where the survival of the United States often hinged on a letter, a…
The Mystic Mid-Region: The Deserts of the Southwest
Arthur J. (Arthur Jerome) Burdick
The sun-scorched, arid expanse of the American Southwest holds secrets of ancient seas and modern endurance. This account captures the stark, shifting reality of a landscape that defies human comfort while demanding respect.
The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West
Emerson Hough
The American frontier lives as a stirring, intimate concept of personal liberty and human advance. It is a historical testament to strength, courage, and the relentless spirit of exploration that forged a new national character.
The Theory of Social Revolutions
Brooks Adams
The American experiment faces a fundamental crisis: when the judiciary becomes an arm of political power, the social fabric inevitably frays, inviting radical upheaval and eventual transformation.
A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
This historical survey traces the evolution of the United States from colonial conflict through the early nineteenth century. It captures the rapid expansion, political turbulence, and social shifts that defined a young nation’s turbulent development.
Hovey's Handbook of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky: A Practical Guide to the Regulation Routes
Horace Carver Hovey
This guide invites readers into the cool, silent depths of an American wonder, offering a structured passage through the vast, subterranean labyrinths of Kentucky’s most famous cavern. It serves as both a practical map and a lyrical meditation on the majesty of eternal night.
The Molly Maguires and the detectives
Allan Pinkerton
This account chronicles the infiltration of a violent, clandestine society within the Pennsylvania anthracite coal regions during the mid-1870s. It serves as a stark, firsthand report of the industrial unrest that defined a brutal era of American labor history.
The Trial of Peter Zenger
Unknown
A landmark legal battle for the soul of colonial America, this chronicle captures the moment a printer’s defiance ignited the enduring ideal of a free press.
Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development
George Willis Cooke
This history traces the transformation of New England’s rigid colonial orthodoxy into a flexible, rational, and humanitarian faith that redefined American religious life. It chronicles the organized evolution of a movement from its theological roots to its broad social impact.
Breaking the Wilderness
Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
The vast, untamed expanse west of the Mississippi is brought into focus through the eyes of those who first mapped its rivers, traversed its mountains, and fought to claim its soil.
Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, October 1899
Various
This collection captures the restless, expansive spirit of the late nineteenth century through a blend of travel narrative, theatrical memoir, and reflective prose. It serves as a vivid time capsule of a world in transition.
The American Judiciary
Simeon E. (Simeon Eben) Baldwin
The American judiciary stands as a unique bulwark of constitutional power, where judges are uniquely tasked with weighing legislative acts against the supreme, enduring mandate of the people.
The Story of Manhattan
Charles Hemstreet
This book traces the transformation of a small, precarious Dutch fur-trading outpost into the bustling, foundational city of a new nation. It captures the rapid layering of history upon the geography of Manhattan.
The War With the United States
William Wood
The struggle of 1812 serves as a grim reminder that when nations trade peace for the perceived necessity of conflict, the resulting chaos often defies the intentions of those who summoned it.
A Stake in the Land
Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek
A pragmatic guide to the early twentieth-century American dream, this study examines the vital intersection of immigrant settlement, land ownership, and the role of public education in fostering national belonging.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina
Porter, Charles W., III (Charles Wesley)
Fort Raleigh stands as a monument to the first, ill-fated English attempt to establish a permanent colony in North America, marking the enduring mystery of the settlers who vanished into the American wilderness.
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
Frank Barnes
The story of Fort Sumter is the story of the American Civil War in microcosm, beginning with a tense, bloodless standoff and concluding in a ruin that became a symbol of national reconciliation.
History of the National Flag of the United States of America
Schuyler Hamilton
A careful study of the origins of the United States flag reveals how symbols of revolution were crafted to broadcast a singular message of national unity.
Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed: Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order
Ezra A. (Ezra Asher) Cook
This investigation unmasks the 1920s resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, stripping away the organization’s carefully cultivated veneer of mystery to reveal a predatory, profit-driven enterprise. It serves as a stark historical indictment of how fear and prejudice can be systematically commodified to undermine…
Patrician and Plebeian: Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion
Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
This historical study dismantles the persistent myth that Virginia’s colonial elite descended from English nobility, revealing instead how local environmental, economic, and political pressures forged a distinct, native-born aristocracy from more humble origins.
Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous
Abram Joseph Ryan
The heart of this collection beats with the rhythm of a man caught between his devotion to the divine and his sorrow for a lost earthly cause. It is a portrait of a soul in mourning, finding in poetry a sanctuary for both faith and grief.
The Seminoles of Florida
Minnie Moore-Willson
The Seminoles of Florida offers an intimate, impassioned look at a resilient people who refused to vanish into the shadows of the Everglades, documenting their struggle for dignity against a century of institutional betrayal.
Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800: Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872
William Frederick Poole
Long before the American Civil War, a quiet but resolute movement sought to reconcile the nation’s founding promise of liberty with the brutal reality of human bondage. This historical examination illuminates the forgotten voices that dared to challenge slavery in the eighteenth century.
Cheap Postage
Joshua Leavitt
Cheap postage is not merely a convenience, but a vital engine for education, commerce, and the strengthening of national bonds. This historical pamphlet argues for a fundamental restructuring of American mail delivery based on efficiency.
England, Canada and the Great War
L. G. (Louis Georges) Desjardins
An impassioned defense of Canadian participation in the First World War, this work argues that supporting the British Empire was not only a constitutional duty but a moral necessity for the survival of global civilization.
Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam
Cyril J. O'Brien
HOOK The recapture of Guam in 1944 was a brutal, hard-won campaign to reclaim American soil from entrenched Japanese forces, serving as a pivotal moment in the Pacific War.
New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)
B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts
A methodical defense of a foundational religious text, this work gathers historical, archaeological, and theological arguments to establish the authenticity of a controversial scripture.
The Cotton Kingdom, volume 2 (of 2)
Frederick Law Olmsted
This immersive travelogue documents a journey through the American South on the eve of the Civil War, offering a dispassionate, boots-on-the-ground examination of the economic and moral machinery of slavery.
The Oregon Territory, Its History and Discovery
Travers Twiss
This examination of the Oregon Territory navigates the tangled history of international boundary disputes, providing a rigorous legal and historical framework for understanding the mid-nineteenth-century rivalry between Great Britain and the United States.
Uncle Sam Abroad
Jacob Elon Conner
Written at the dawn of the twentieth century, this informative guide demystifies the mechanics and evolving global responsibilities of the American diplomatic and consular services.
The Tale of the Spinning Wheel
Elizabeth C. Barney (Elizabeth Cynthia Barney) Buel
This historical account traces the evolution of the spinning-wheel from an ancient symbol of feminine divinity into a bedrock of American colonial industry and revolutionary spirit. It elevates the humble, laborious work of past generations to a place of national honor.
Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: The Faith of Our Fathers
G. MacLaren (George MacLaren) Brydon
The story of early Virginia is often told through its politics and trade, but this account reveals the vital, underlying architecture of its faith. It tracks the struggle to transplant the Church of England into a raw, untamed landscape, detailing a century of persistence by laypeople and clergy alike to build a…
Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699
Lyman Carrier
The story of early Virginia is often told through politics and war, but its survival truly rested on the slow, often desperate, transformation of a wilderness into a landscape of fields and fences.
Fort Ticonderoga: A Short History
Stephen H. P. Pell
This is a concise, illustrated chronicle of the strategic fortress that defined the struggle for North America, spanning its construction in the mid-18th century to its meticulous modern restoration.
Secrets of the Bosphorus
Henry Morgenthau
A candid, urgent account of diplomacy at the heart of the Ottoman Empire, revealing how imperial machinations ignited the First World War.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863
Various
This nineteenth-century periodical serves as a vital artifact of the American Civil War, blending urgent political discourse with the literary ambitions of a nation in the throes of self-definition. It captures the intellectual pulse of 1863, weighing the heavy cost of conflict against the persistent, quiet hope…
Wonders of the Yellowstone
James (Geologist) Richardson
The American West holds few secrets as profound as the region surrounding the Yellowstone River, a landscape where volcanic forces and thermal wonders combine to create a world unlike any other on the continent.