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Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining
John S. (John Shertzer) Hittell
The mountains of California hold a hidden fortune, waiting to be unlocked by those with the ingenuity to master the forces of water, stone, and gravity. This is an essential technical guide to the methods that transformed the American West.
Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 2
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
These transcripts document a specific chapter of the mid-century American political climate, capturing the tension and rhetoric of a federal investigation into Communist influence in the Pacific Northwest. The hearings reveal how a government committee interrogated private citizens about their past affiliations,…
The History of Battery H First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861-1865
Earl Fenner
The heavy artillery fire of the Civil War is captured here through the eyes of the men who stood behind the guns, offering a grounded, granular account of a single battery’s journey from Rhode Island to the final surrender of the Confederacy.
Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., area. Hearings, Part 3
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
A lawyer and former congressman undergoes a grueling legislative interrogation, forced to account for years of political associations, organizational memberships, and personal correspondence during the height of the anti-communist era.
Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
Frederick Jackson Turner
This chronicle maps the volatile decade when a young nation pushed toward the Pacific, trading old-world deference for a raw, self-confident, and fractured democratic identity.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 6: Quebec, 1633-1634
Unknown
A Jesuit missionary documents the stark, often harrowing realities of seventeenth-century New France, observing the clash of cultures between his order and the indigenous peoples of the St. Lawrence.
Twenty-five years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-1925
Frances Anne Wister
The establishment of the Philadelphia Orchestra was not a foregone conclusion, but a decades-long struggle of faith, fluctuating finances, and the persistent cultivation of a city’s musical taste.
Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture;: In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere
William Gannaway Brownlow
A firebrand editor confronts the crises of 1856, arguing that foreign influence, Roman Catholic doctrine, and political corruption threaten to dismantle the American republic’s foundational liberties.
Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)
Fortescue Cuming
In the early years of the nineteenth century, a refined Englishman traverses the vast, untamed landscape of the American interior, capturing the raw, burgeoning spirit of a nation still finding its footing.
The Anglo-Saxon Century and the Unification of the English-Speaking People
John R. (John Randolph) Dos Passos
Great power, common ancestry, and the shared ideals of the English-speaking world demand a formal, permanent political union to ensure the future of global civilization. This vision for a unified Anglo-Saxon future defines a critical moment at the turn of the twentieth century.
Braddock Road
John Kennedy Lacock
Hook A meticulous retracing of a doomed eighteenth-century military expedition, this work recovers the physical path of a general's march into the wilderness. It serves as both a historical reconstruction and a guide to the landscape.
Haw-Ho-Noo
Charles Lanman
A collection of sketches that wander through the wild American landscape, this work captures the spirit of a mid-nineteenth-century traveler seeking connection with nature and the traditional stories of the land.
In the Footprints of the Padres
Charles Warren Stoddard
The golden age of old California lives on in these pages, capturing a world of sand-dunes, mission bells, and bohemian dreams that time and catastrophe have since swept away.
The romantic story of the Mayflower pilgrims, and its place in the life of to-day
A. C. (Albert Christopher) Addison
The Mayflower Pilgrims’ epic journey from English persecution to the harsh, uncertain shores of a New World remains a cornerstone of American identity. This account traces the origins of that movement and the enduring values those settlers brought to their new home.
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II. The Place and Its Social Forces
Various
This survey documents the stark social and physical realities of early 20th-century Pittsburgh, detailing a city struggling to reconcile its massive industrial output with the basic health and safety of its working-class population.
Farmer George, Volume 2
Lewis Melville
The second volume of this historical portrait tracks the dissolution of the American colonies and the deepening mental instability of a monarch struggling to maintain his personal authority. It offers a measured, critical view of a king defined by his rigid convictions and the catastrophic loss of his overseas empire.
History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society
Frederick L. (Frederick Loviad) Harvey
This meticulous chronicle details the decades-long struggle to construct the Washington Monument, documenting the transition from private patriotic ambition to a completed, government-led engineering triumph. It serves as both a record of the Washington National Monument Society’s labors and a testament to the…
Nooks & Corners of Old New York
Charles Hemstreet
This guide traces the hidden history of New York City through its physical remnants, transforming ordinary street corners into doorways to the colonial and nineteenth-century past.
Fort Robinson: Outpost on the Plains
Roger T. Grange
** This historical account chronicles the volatile rise of a crucial military installation, detailing its role in the shifting balance of power on the American frontier.
Historic Events of Colonial Days
Rupert Sargent Holland
This collection of narratives offers an intimate, episodic journey through the formative struggles of the American colonies, focusing on the human moments behind the historical record. It invites readers to view the early settlement of the New World not as a dry sequence of dates, but as a series of confrontations,…
Lynch-law
James Elbert Cutler
The American history of mob violence reflects a deep, enduring struggle between the rule of law and the impulses of the crowd. This study traces that dark legacy from colonial origins to the turn of the twentieth century.
The Abolitionists: Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights, 1830-1864
John F. (John Ferguson) Hume
This account offers a firsthand witness to the moral conviction and political persistence of those who fought to end American slavery long before it was a popular or safe cause.
The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society, Volume IV, 1965
Various
This collection of historical essays offers a meticulous, localized lens into the past of a Virginia county, bridging the gap between grand military maneuvers and the quiet, agrarian traditions of its early settlers.
The Westward Movement
Unknown
This collection of historical accounts chronicles the relentless expansion of the United States, charting the transformation of the American wilderness from a perceived obstacle into a settled frontier.
England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes
Sandford Fleming
A transcontinental journey through the rugged wilderness of the 1880s, this travelogue chronicles the ambitious expansion of Canada, bridging the vast distance from Nova Scotia to the shores of the Pacific.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863: Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Various
This mid-nineteenth-century periodical serves as a vivid, urgent dispatch from the heart of the American Civil War, blending fierce political advocacy with contemporary literary efforts.
The United States and Latin America
John Holladay Latané
The history of hemispheric relations is a centuries-long tug-of-war between the Monroe Doctrine’s promise of protection and the reality of American expansionism. This account traces the evolving influence of the United States over its southern neighbors.
The Wyoming Military Establishment. A History of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of Connecticut Militia: An Address Before the Tioga Point Historical Society, Delivered December 3rd, 1901
Charles Tubbs
The history of the Connecticut settlers in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley is a tale of forgotten service, where a dedicated militia regiment found itself caught between competing colonial claims and the brutal fires of the American Revolution.
America: A history
Robert Mackenzie
This expansive historical survey traces the growth of free institutions across the Americas, framing the development of these nations as an essential, often turbulent education in the spirit of human liberty.
Contemporary American History, 1877-1913
Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard
This history examines the rapid industrial transformation of the United States, tracing how the shift from a rural, agrarian society to a complex, capitalist powerhouse reshaped the nation’s laws, politics, and social fabric between 1877 and 1913.
Cruise and Captures of the Alabama
Albert M. Goodrich
The Alabama was a ghost that haunted the oceans during the American Civil War, a singular vessel that turned the tide of commerce into a theater of fire and ruin.
Rifles and Riflemen at the Battle of Kings Mountain
United States. National Park Service
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a pivotal, accidental clash that turned the tide of the American Revolution in the South. This account explores how backwoods marksmen overcame a British force through superior skill and resolve.
The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve it
R. W. Beers
This 1887 analysis examines the cultural and political tensions between the United States government and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, seeking a peaceful resolution to what the author calls a national puzzle.
The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1863
Unknown
A quiet determination echoes through this chronicle of everyday citizens who left their farms, shops, and classrooms to preserve a union, recording their duty from marshy southern battlefields to the post-war reunions of aging comrades.
Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-Island
Gabriel Furman
This work chronicles the evolution of Brooklyn from a collection of colonial outposts to a burgeoning village, meticulously documenting the legal struggles and land rights that shaped its early identity.
Oregon Historic Landmarks: Willamette Valley
Daughters of the American Revolution. Oregon Society
Built blockhouse by blockhouse and home by home, the story of the Willamette Valley is the story of early Oregon itself.
A Brief History of the United States
John Bach McMaster
Centuries of continental transformation unfold not through high-flown rhetoric, but through the hard mechanics of human movement, legislative compromises, and raw physical labor.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2
Alexander Hewatt
A rigorous, mid-eighteenth-century chronicle documents how imperial ambition, local trial, and administrative folly shaped the American South.
Green Spring Farm, Fairfax County, Virginia
Ross De Witt Netherton
A quiet piece of land in Fairfax County becomes a lens through which two centuries of American transition, shifting agriculture, and suburban sprawl unfold.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
Various
An autumn day on a Virginia tobacco farm, a stroll through a Belgian schoolyard in the ghost-footsteps of Charlotte Brontë, and a high-stakes romance on a river ferry open a window into the varied reading life of late Victorian America.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
M. Louise (Maria Louise) Greene
M. Louise Greene details Connecticut’s long, steady transition from an uncompromising Puritan church-state to full religious tolerance, tracing how reasonable government, economic shifts, and stubborn dissenters slowly dismantled compulsory church support and political privilege.
The Library Assistant's Manual
Theodore Wesley Koch
A handbook designed for early twentieth-century library workers outlines the principles, history, and daily mechanics required to transform a collection of books into a vibrant civic institution.
Base-ball
John Montgomery Ward
Underneath the modern pageantry of America’s summer pastime lies a rigorous craft built on physical discipline, strategic mind games, and evolving administrative order.
Canada in Flanders, Volume III
Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir
A brutal, meticulously recorded chronicle of Canadian soldiers enduring the mud and artillery of the Somme in 1916. It captures modern industrial warfare at its most ruthless and precise.
Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution
Elihu Root
Constitutional order rests on collective self-restraint, protecting individual liberty against the temporary impulses of passionate majorities.
Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2)
Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
An ambitious, expansive record of the American Civil War written in its immediate wake, this volume balances sweeping campaign histories with vivid battlefield anecdotes. It paints a detailed panorama of the bloody middle and final years of the conflict, charting every major engagement from the 1862 Peninsula and…
School History of North Carolina
John W. (John Wheeler) Moore
Across three centuries of hardship, conflict, and quiet growth, a Southern colony transforms into a self-governing American state.
The Black Hills, Mid-Continent Resort
Albert N. (Albert Nathaniel) Williams
A jagged dome of ancient granite rises above the South Dakota plains, holding centuries of native reverence, frantic gold rushes, and carefully built modern resorts within its shadow.