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Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion (Norton Library)

Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion (Norton Library)

by Peter H. Wood

Reissued in paperback, this groundbreaking study of two cultures in early America is "easily the most thorough and the most penetrating case study yet written of the Afro-American population during the slave period . . . Fascinating and instructive."--Jack P. Green.

His Excellency: George Washington

by Joseph J. Ellis

The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new standard for biography. Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of... (more)

Uppity Women of the New World (Uppity Women Series)

Uppity Women of the New World (Uppity Women Series)

by Vicki Leon

Men weren't the only explorers between the early 1500s and the 1800s. This book recounts the adventures of over 200 of history's forgotten female pioneers, including France's Jeanne Baret, the first person to circumnavigate the globe.

The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family: 1762-1784

The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family: 1762-1784

by L. H. Butterfield, John Adams, Abigail Adams

John and Abigail, Abigail and John - their names are as inseparably linked as those of any pair in history. The story of these lovers, domestic partners, and patriots comes to life in this collection of their intimate correspondence. The lives of this remarkable couple unfold alongside events of the Revolutionary War era, a time in which John left his family for prolonged periods to serve his colony and country.... (more)

White Over Black (A Pelican Book)

by Winthrop D. Jordan

New in paperback Jordan's classic and award-winning work on the history of American race relations.

The Wordy Shipmates

by Sarah Vowell

The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times –bestselling author Sarah Vowell’s exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill”—a shining example, a “city that cannot be hid.” To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means— and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who... (more)

Under the Cope of Heaven

by Patricia U. Bonomi

In this pathbreaking study, Patricia Bonomi argues that religion was as instrumental as either politics or the economy in shaping early American life and values. Looking at the middle and southern colonies as well as at Puritan New England, Bonomi finds an abundance of religious vitality through the colonial years among clergy and churchgoers of diverse religious background. The book also explores the tightening... (more)

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic

by Joseph J. Ellis

From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx , a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated and determined group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of triumphs; yet, as Joseph J.... (more)

Roger Williams (Lives and Legacies)

by Edwin S. Gaustad

The founder of Rhode Island and of the first Baptist Church in America, an original and passionate advocate for religious freedom, a rare New England colonist who befriended Native Americans and took seriously their culture and their legal rights, Roger Williams is the forgotten giant among the first English colonists. Now, Edwin S. Gaustad, a leading expert on the life of Roger Williams, offers a vividly written... (more)

THE AMERICAN STATES DURING AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION 1775 - 1789Allen Nevin

THE AMERICAN STATES DURING AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION 1775 - 1789

by Allen Nevin

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick became an internationally renowned author with his National Book Award– winning In the Heart of the Sea , hailed as "spellbinding" by Time magazine. In Mayflower , Philbrick casts his spell once again, giving us a fresh and extraordinarily vivid account of our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. From the Mayflower ’s... (more)

The city in the dawn

by Hervey Allen

Freedom's ferment;: Phases of American social history from the Colonial period to the outbreak of the Civil War (Harper torchbooks)Alice Felt Tyler

Freedom's ferment;: Phases of American social history from the Colonial period to the outbreak of the Civil War (Harper torchbooks)

by Alice Felt Tyler

Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of the Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766

Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of the Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766

by Fred Anderson

A masterly narrative history of the Seven Years War, by which the British eliminated French power north of the Caribbean, at the same time igniting the slow-burning fuse of the American revolution. Fred Anderson observes how the war gave American colonists their first conflicts with real Englishmen; and how Americans were consequently emboldened to rally against the men who were once their masters. He offers a... (more)

From resistance to revolution; colonial radicals and the development of American opposition to Britain, 1765-1776.Pauline Maier

From resistance to revolution; colonial radicals and the development of American opposition to Britain, 1765-1776.

by Pauline Maier

Crossroads, descriptions of western Pennsylvania, 1720-1829

Crossroads, descriptions of western Pennsylvania, 1720-1829

by John W. Harpster

Crossroads is a collection of thirty-seven colorful and perceptive writings left by early travelers and settlers who ventured west of the Allegheny Mountains. Traders, surveyors, soldiers, preachers, and immigrants, some of them well known and some obscure, tell of the loneliness, terror, and beauty of the frontier.

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism. Introduction by Christopher Bigsby

CHANGING FACES OF MADNESS: Early American Attitudes and Treatment of the InsaneMary Ann Jimenez

CHANGING FACES OF MADNESS: Early American Attitudes and Treatment of the Insane

by Mary Ann Jimenez

Along the Allegheny: A History of the Early Events Along the Allegheny and Its TributariesWilliam M., Jr. Garbarino

Along the Allegheny: A History of the Early Events Along the Allegheny and Its Tributaries

by William Garbarino

Narratives of the Insurrections 1675 to 1690

Narratives of the Insurrections 1675 to 1690

1915. Contents: The Beginning, Progress and Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion, 1675-1676; The History of Bacon's and Ingram's Rebellion, 1676; A True Narrative of the Late Rebellion in Virginia by the Royal Commissioners, 1677; Narratives of Thomas Miller, Sir Peter Colleton and the Carolina Proprietors, 1680; Byfield's Account of the Late Revolution, 1689; Letter of Samuel Prince, 1689; A Particular Account of the... (more)

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Tags: history-u.s. colonial

by Peter H. Wood

by Joseph J. Ellis

by Vicki Leon

by L. H. Butterfield, John Adams, Abigail Adams

by Winthrop D. Jordan

by Sarah Vowell

by Patricia U. Bonomi

by Joseph J. Ellis

by Edwin S. Gaustad

by Allen Nevin

by Nathaniel Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

by Hervey Allen

by Alice Felt Tyler

by Fred Anderson

by Pauline Maier

by John W. Harpster

by Arthur Miller

by Mary Ann Jimenez

by William Garbarino