BOOKS by Jill Lepore

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1	The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity more books like this by Jill Lepore A history of the largely forgotten 1675 Indian uprising in America, in which the Algonquian tribes massacred nearly half the white colonists of New England before they were put down (just as brutally) by British troops. Lepore, a history professor at Boston University, maintains that this was the most vicious war ever fought on American soil. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $9.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan more books like this by Jill Lepore This stunning historical account of a forgotten chapter of New York City history examines the events of 1741 when, following a string of fires in buildings owned by wealthy people, a rumor of a slave rebellion spread through the city. As a result, African Americans were tried and convicted, burned at the stake, hanged, deported to the Caribbean, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents more books like this by Jill Lepore A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native American peoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Includes maps, journals, advertisements, and letters. see all copies from $10.98! new only from $23.40! \| SVS
4	Blindspot more books like this by Jane Kamensky, Jill Lepore Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, "Blindspot" ingeniously weaves together the fictional stories of a Scottish portrait painter and notorious libertine Stewart Jameson, and Fanny Easton, a fallen woman from one of Boston's most powerful families. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $9.89! \| first editions
5	A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States more books like this by Jill Lepore In this study of language and nationalism, a historian examines how, from the Revolutionary Period through Reconstruction, several innovators endeavored to unite Americans through communication systems--Morse and the telegraph, Sequoya and the Cherokee alphabet, Gallaudet and sign-language, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English more books like this by Jill Lepore (Introduction by), Arthur Schulman (Compiled by) In 1800, irascible patriot Noah Webster set out to define the American language by collecting every word used in the U.S. "Websterisms" chronicles the labors of the man who is justifiably called the Founding Father of American English. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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