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.
19th Century
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Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889–1895 (American Made Music Series)
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.....
The American West: The Pictorial Epic of a Continent
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.:, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket.
The Beleaguered City : Richmond 1861-1865
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
King of Heists: the Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America [Gilded Age]
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.....
The Randolph's of Virginia, America's Foremost Family
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.....
We are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends
Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln offers a new perspective on the private life of the Civil War president through an examination of his few friendships and close associations; which were marked by estrangements in the face of.....
Butchery on Bond Street - Sexual Politics and The Burdell-Cunningham Case in Ante-bellum New York
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.....
Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War
New York: Knopf, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. With Background Information:Ernest Furgurson the author of the widely acclaimed Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes of Glory, and Not War but Murder tells the story through the men and women who brought the city to rambunctious life.He.....
Spanish-American War : The Story and Photographs
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.....
Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm
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.....
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
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.....
Santa Fe's Partner: Being Some Memorials of Events in a New Mexican Track-End Town
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine Hardcover. Anecdotal tales of the Santa Fe area during the closing years of the Wild West era. Includes tales such as The Sage-Brush Hen, Santa Fe Charley's Kindergarten, Shorty Smith's Hanging" and others. Bertha Stuart, a book.....
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Mostly Alkali [19th Century Frontier Military History]
Caldwell, Idaho: The Claxton Publishers Ltd., 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
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.....
Philip Seymour Or Pioneer Life In Richland County, Ohio, Founded on Facts
Mansfield: W. Brickerhoff Herald Steam Press Print, 1908. Very Good Hardcover. Although in fictionalized form, M'Gaw's work "provides the most authentic source on one of the most colorful episodes in the frontier history of north-central Ohio namely the Copus massacre in the autumn of 1812.Ref: Howes M-100.
Pioneer Days in the Black Hills: Accurate History and Facts Related by One of the Early Day Pioneers
Deadwood, South Dakota: John S. McClintock, 1939. A Very Good Hardcover. A significant Western Americana title. The author was a close friend of Calamity Jane, and tells first-hand accounts of Wild Bill Hickock, Road Agents, and Outlaws. There is a discussion of "Deadwood Dick" and also an incident with Billy.....
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. In 1838, the U.S. government launched the largest discovery voyage the Western world had ever seen-6 sailing vessels and 346 men bound for the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Four years later, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, or Ex.....
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[Florida History] Remembrances of an Early Daytona Childhood
[Daytona, Fla:]: Maria M. Clifton, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A historically significant biography beginning shortly after the US Civil War through the 1880's.
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Trails I Rode [Charles Russell, Western Americana]
Pasadena, CA: Trails End Publishing Co., Inc., 1947. Illustrated by Charles Russell. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Memories of Old Cowboy Days and of Charles Russell.
Lincoln Runs for Congress
New Brunswic: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. 'Another popular mistake is to suppose Mr. Lincoln free from ambition. A more ardent seeker after office never existed. From the time when he announced himself a candidate for the legislature from Sangamon Count, till his.....
Son of the Gamblin' Man; The Youth of an Artist
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Background Information:Mari Susette Sandoz was a Nebraska novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She became one of the West's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.
Zephaniah Kingsley Jr. and the Atlantic World: Slave Trader, Plantation Owner, Emancipator
Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
A Summer in Alaska. A popular account of the travels of an Alaska exploring expedition along the great Yukon River, from its source to its mouth, in the British North-west territory, and in the territory of Alaska
St. Louis: J. W. Henry, 1894. An enlarged edition of Along Alaska's Great River. A Very Good Hardcover. In 15 chapters, and with special chapters on the Chilkat country, rafting, the Yukon flat-lands, discovery and history, and the people and their industries, Tourville, 4018; Howgego, S13.
The Farewell to Lincoln
New York & Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. This biographical history begins with the Fall of Richmond in 1865, and examines the historical events leading to the Appomattox, taking the reader to the Ford Theater and the assassination, describes.....