Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard By William Kerrigan

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Title	:	Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard
Author	:	William Kerrigan
ISBN	:	1421407299
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	248

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Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the meaning of Johnny Appleseed Chapman s life and the environmental and cultural significance of the plant he propagated Creating a startling new portrait of the eccentric apple tree planter, William Kerrigan carefully dissects the oral tradition of the Appleseed myth and draws upon material from archives and local Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the meaning of John More...

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The Cultural Life of the American Colonies By Louis B. Wright

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Title	:	The Cultural Life of the American Colonies
Author	:	Louis B. Wright
ISBN	:	0486422232
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	320

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Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history 1607 1763 offers authoritative, perceptive views by a brilliant scholar on agrarian society and leadership, non English influences, religion, education, literature, drama, music, architecture, science, and much A significant contribution to early American history American History Review. 33 black and white illus Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history More...

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America at 1750 By Richard Hofstadter

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Title	:	America at 1750
Author	:	Richard Hofstadter
ISBN	:	0394717953
Format	:	paper
Number of Pages	:	320

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Demonstrates how the colonies developed into the first nation created under the influences of nationalism, modern capitalism and Protestantism. More...

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Writing Early American History By Alan Taylor

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Title	:	Writing Early American History
Author	:	Alan Taylor
ISBN	:	0812238834
Format	:	Hardcover
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Whoever reads these essays and whether they follow the book from cover to cover, or dip into chapters at random will find the rich abundance and variety of early American scholarship set out before them Readers new to the field will grasp a sense of its expansiveness and possibilities, but seasoned scholars, too, will find here a feast of insights and possibilities that Whoever reads these essays and whether they follow the book from cover to cover, or dip More...

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The Civil War, Vol. 1 By Shelby Foote

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Title	:	The Civil War, Vol. 1
Author	:	Shelby Foote
ISBN	:	0394746236
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	856

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Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our history a war which lasted four long, bitter years, an experience profound and meaningful than any other the American people have ever lived through And perhaps never before have these conflicts been so clearly, so dramatically and so excitingly presented The word nar Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of t More...

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Lincoln on Race & Slavery By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Title	:	Lincoln on Race & Slavery
Author	:	Henry Louis Gates Jr.
ISBN	:	0691142343
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	416

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Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln s views on race and slavery He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used the n word until at least 1862, and favored permanent racial segregation I Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln s views on race a More...

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution By Gordon S. Wood

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Title	:	The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Author	:	Gordon S. Wood
ISBN	:	0679736883
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	447

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In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize winning historian depicts much than a break with England He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers. More...

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The Course of Empire By Bernard DeVoto

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Title	:	The Course of Empire
Author	:	Bernard DeVoto
ISBN	:	0395924987
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	688

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Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto s monumental trilogy of the West Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leadin Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a c More...

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American Slavery By Peter Kolchin

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Title	:	American Slavery
Author	:	Peter Kolchin
ISBN	:	0809016303
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	352

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The single best short survey in America, now updated.Includes a New Preface and AfterwardIn terms of accessibility and comprehensive coverage, Kolchin s American Slavery is a singularly important achievement Now updated to address a decade of new scholarship, the book includes a new preface, afterword, and revised and expanded bibliographic essay It remains the best book The single best short survey in America, now u More...

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Miracle at Philadelphia By Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Title	:	Miracle at Philadelphia
Author	:	Catherine Drinker Bowen
ISBN	:	0316103985
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	346

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Miracle At Philadelphia The Story of the Constitutional Convention May September 1787 More...

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The Year of Decision 1846 By Bernard DeVoto

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Title	:	The Year of Decision 1846
Author	:	Bernard DeVoto
ISBN	:	0312267940
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	576

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Year of Decision 1846 tells many fascinating stories of the U.S explorers who began the western march from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from Canada to the annexation of Texas, California, and the southwest lands from Mexico It is the penultimate book of a trilogy which includes Across the Wide Missouri for which DeVoto won both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes and T Year of Decision 1846 tells many fascinating stories of th More...

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Leading from the Center By Gil Troy

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Title	:	Leading from the Center
Author	:	Gil Troy
ISBN	:	0465002935
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	304

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George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F Kennedy most would agree their presidencies were among the most successful in American history But what made these very different men such effective leaders According to presidential historian Gil Troy, these presidents succeeded not because of their bold political visions, but bec George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Ro More...

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