That Palace in Washington: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1800-1850
by the author, 2004. Stapled Wraps. Background information, recipes which have been modernized and historical research.
The Civil War has its own Category
by the author, 2004. Stapled Wraps. Background information, recipes which have been modernized and historical research.
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The acclaimed encyclopedic survey of black musical creation that marked the countdown to the explosion of ragtime.Drawing on hard-to-access archival sources and song collections, the book is of crucial importance for understanding the roots of.....
Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company, 1974. Ninth Edition. The history of Central City begins in 1859, when John Gregory discovered gold in the area. Within a few months, the city had boomed with over 15,000 people hoping to strike it rich. Central City was named a National Historic Landmark in.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.:, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket.
New York: Army Hq. First Army, [1950]. From 1794 to 1966, the U.S. Army on Governors Island was part of the social, political, and economic tapestry of New York City.Governors Island was one of the longest continually operated military bases in the country, operated for two centuries, by the U.S......
Kalamazoo, MI: Moore & Quale, 1874. First Edition, First Printing. Subjects: Michigan History; Michigan Politics and government.
Norfork: Donning Publishers, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the South Carolina Railroad. It became part of Aiken County when the county was formed in 1871. In the late 19th century, Aiken gained fame as a wintering.....
First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. "Conway, a college prof and ex-newspaper man, covers this ancient tale in a way that makes it feel like a hot news story." [New York Post]“Engrossing . . . Conway skillfully paints a backdrop of fierce and flamboyant personalities who paraded across.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A brilliant man but eccentric, John Randolph strutted around the House of Representatives with a whip in his hand. Historian Russell Kirk described him as "a radical man yet a political conservative" with "alternating ferocity and compassion, his duels, his.....
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1943. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 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.....
Macon, GA: Press of the J.W. Burke Company, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. A companion piece to The Negro of the Old South."Life on a Florida plantation, as described in memoirs and a diary; the latter paints a vivid picture of social and economic conditions" Nevins II, p.189.The Pine Hill.....
New York: New York Wanderer Press in association with The Green-Wood Cemetery Historic Fund, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. The murder of an upper-middle class professional in the sanctity of his own home, coupled with the accused murderess' unceasing efforts to wreak.....
Los Angeles: Gem Publishing, 1926. Second Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 'Each story is a gem, both for its quaint pretty tale and for the unusually sweet rhythmic style in which it is written'. - Oregon Journal.
Ann Arbor: Hillsdale College Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A picture of life on the Western frontier in the mid-1800's, and the birth of a college.
Dulles, VA: Brassey's, Inc., 2000. Soft cover. The authors have combined rare photographs with authoritative text and maps to present a comprehensive documentary portrait of this major clash of arms. The Spanish-American War is the definitive pictorial record of the war that brought the United States onto the world's stage.....
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. It had no name and gave no warning but crept stealthily into the Gulf and then roared ashore, killing six thousand people; the worst natural disaster in U.S. history; with many never-before-published accounts, from primary sources. More than.....
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1964. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The book traces the evolution of Evangelism in the United States, offering a comprehensive account leading up to the present day. Of particular intrigue to students of American history is the author, Langley, a pioneering figure who underwent one of the earliest.....
Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1978. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This reprint is of the first comprehensive history of Selma, Alabama, containing a new introduction to the work and its author and a new index. The history traces the development of the community "from one or two loghouses in 1815.....
New York: Bloomsbury. 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. In 1829, James Smithson, a prominent American scientist and inventor, passed away without a testament. His demise led to his substantial fortune being bequeathed to the United States, ultimately establishing the Smithsonian Institution as a national museum. This.....
Springfield, Mass: Gurdon Bill. 1866. First Edition, First Printing. Blind Stamped Leather Hardcover. In 1866, Abraham Lincoln was still emerging as the revered symbol of American leadership and democracy that history would come to recognize. Although not yet the iconic figure he would become, the seeds of his transformation had.....
Hartford Conn: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1897. James Lee Humfreville relates his hair-raising experiences among the numerous tribes which he came in contact with as a cavalryman in his 20 years of life among the Indians, beginning in the late 1850s, embracing the entire territory from the Saskatchewan River in.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. War Department, 1836 / 1861. This detailed battle plan covers a broad swath of contested territory across central Florida that was host to numerous conflicts between American troops and indigenous tribes during the first half of the 19th century. In particular, the events of the Second Seminole.....
Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1908. James, George Wharton. A Good Hardcover. People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categorized social characteristics of the Native American peoples, primarily those of the western U.S. as they existed.....
Caldwell, Idaho: The Claxton Publishers Ltd., 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
New York: Basic Books, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. A bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling.....