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The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History

The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History

by Thomas E. Woods

Claiming that most textbooks and popular history books were written by biased left-wing writers and scholars, historian Thomas Woods offers this guide as an alternative to "the stale and predictable platitudes of mainstream texts." Covering the colonial era through the Clinton administration, Woods seeks to debunk some persistent myths about American history. For instance, he writes, the Puritans were not racists... (more)

Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier

Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal

Brave Companions

by David G. McCullough

David McCullough, author of Truman, has collected his favorite pieces -- profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher... (more)

The Great Bridge

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David G. McCullough

First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Winning acclaim for its comprehensive look at the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, this book helped cement David McCullough's reputation as America's preeminent social historian. Now, The Great Bridge is reissued as a Simon & Schuster Classic Edition with a new introduction by the author. ... (more)

The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History

The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History

by Carlos A. Schwantes

Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental... (more)

1776

by David G. McCullough

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive... (more)

Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Indians of the Pacific Northwest: A History (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

by Robert H. Ruby, John Arthur Brown

Famous Firsts of Scottish-Americans

by June Skinner Sawyers

Recounts the accomplishments of 30 Scots who were the first, or the best, in their respective fields. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Andrew Carnegie pioneered philanthropy, establishing libraries and performing arts theatres in cities across the country. Ulysses S Grant commanded Union forces to victory in the Civil War and later became... (more)

Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation

Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation

by Franz Boas

Franz Boas (1858 - 1942), geographer, linguist, physical anthropologist and ethnologist, is considered the father of modern North American anthropology. The 1895 German publication of Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas gathered together in a single volume his earliest research in British Columbia, consisting of 250 B.C. First Nations myths and legends which had been previously serialized in... (more)

Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South

Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South

by Grady McWhiney

The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America - -The Stalin Era

The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America - -The Stalin Era

by Allen Weinstein

Drawing upon previously secret KGB records released exclusively to Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, The Haunted Wood reveals for the first time the riveting story of Soviet espionage's "golden age" in the United States, from the 1930s through the early cold war.

What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President

What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President

by Michael Lind

Countless books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, yet few historians and biographers have taken Lincoln seriously as a thinker or attempted to place him in the context of major intellectual traditions. In this refreshing, brilliantly argued portrait, Michael Lind examines the ideas and beliefs that guided Lincoln as a statesman and shaped the United States in its time of great crisis. In a century in which... (more)

Legends, Liars, And Lawbreakers: Incredible Tales from the Pacific Northwest (Amazing Stories)

Legends, Liars, And Lawbreakers: Incredible Tales from the Pacific Northwest (Amazing Stories)

by Valerie Green

Part of the Amazing Stories series.

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

by Linda Carlson

"Company town." The words evoke images of rough-and-tumble loggers and gritty miners, of dreary shacks in isolated villages, of wages paid in scrip good only at price-gouging company stores, of paternalistic employers. But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. In Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest, Linda Carlson provides a more... (more)

Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion

Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion

by Walter T. K. Nugent

Discussions abound today about the state of the union, its place in the world, and the founding fathers’ intentions. Did they want the United States to become a republic or an empire? Thomas Jefferson, after all, called the young nation an “empire for liberty.” Later words through two centuries all evoked empire: “manifest destiny” in the 1840s, “benevolent assimilation” in 1898, and “our responsibility to lead”... (more)

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

"The most bizarre financial mock-epic of our age. Read it open-mouthed; wonder and shudder." - "Independent". This is the story of the largest corporate take-over in American history. With a stake of $25 billion, the battle for the control of RJR Nabisco during October and November 1988 became a symbol of the greed and power-mongering of the eighties. This gripping narrative reveals the truth behind a Wall Street... (more)

American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

by Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz

Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings.

Once upon a time in SeattleEmmett Watson

Once upon a time in Seattle

by Emmett Watson

The Pacific Northwest: Past, Present, and Future, Fourth Edition

The Pacific Northwest: Past, Present, and Future, Fourth Edition

by Dale A. Lambert

The most widely read publication describing the unique geographical, rich historical, and contrasting socio-economical aspects of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Readers of all ages benefit from its effective structure of seven units and twenty- four chapters discussing the region’s past, present, and future. Each reader’s appreciation and understanding of the Pacific Northwest is enhanced by detailed maps,... (more)

Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History

Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History

by Ruth Kirk

A traveler's guide to Washington state, focusing on historical sites. Sections on various regions describe local history, with entries on towns and sites offering information on festivals, museums, and historic districts. Contains b&w photos, and a chronology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Port

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by Thomas E. Woods

by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier

by David G. McCullough

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David G. McCullough

by Carlos A. Schwantes

by David G. McCullough

by Robert H. Ruby, John Arthur Brown

by June Skinner Sawyers

by Franz Boas

by Grady McWhiney

by Allen Weinstein

by Michael Lind

by Valerie Green

by Linda Carlson

by Walter T. K. Nugent

by Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

by Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz

by Emmett Watson

by Dale A. Lambert

by Ruth Kirk