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.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.:, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Kalamazoo, MI: Moore & Quale, 1874. First Edition, First Printing. Subjects: Michigan History; Michigan Politics and government.
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.....
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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
Boston, MA: The Homewood Press, 1922. This little-known history of the growth and reception of Christian Science's emergence is woven within a fictional narrative. A New York couple, anxious about their daughter's health, wrestles with the choice of Christian Science treatment. Despite parental care and the family doctor's attention, the.....
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.....
San Antonio. TX: The Naylor Company, First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A story of a cowboy who led a charmed life. A real-life telling of Indians, cattle, thieves, ranchers, gold mining, western justice and more.Ref: Adams/Herd 1312, "Has some information on ranching."
New York: Basic Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. In the nineteenth century, locust swarms ravaged the continent, causing widespread devastation. In 1876, Congress labeled them the biggest obstacle to settling the country. The swarms, spanning from the Dakotas to Texas and California to Iowa, pushed.....
Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1986. Mr. Nevins presents the life story of a remarkable figure, Grover Cleveland, revealing both his limitations and strengths. Cleveland lacked the charisma of a popular orator and his writing style carried the heaviness of legal jargon. Despite this, he coined phrases that remain in political.....