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1	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose add to wishlist A chronicle of the two-and-a-half year journey of Lewis and Clark covers their incredible hardships and the contributions of Sacajawea. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West more books like this by Hampton Sides add to wishlist Sides's extraordinary book brings the history of the American conquest of the West to ringing life. It is a tale with many heroes and villains, and at the center of it all stands the remarkable figure of Kit Carson--the legendary trapper, scout, and soldier who embodies all the contradictions and ambiguities of the American experience in the West. see all copies from $2.61! new only from $9.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt more books like this by Edmund Morris add to wishlist The first volume of Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers his life up to 1901, when he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President McKinley. Morris explores Roosevelt's origins and growth, and conveys the robust personality that charmed a nation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II more books like this by Douglas A Blackmon add to wishlist Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history, the late 1870s through the 1940s when thousands of African-American men were arbitrarily arrested, hit with fines, charged for room and board in state and county jails, and then forced to work off the debt as unpaid laborers. see all copies from $4.03! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Give Me Liberty!: An American History more books like this by Professor Eric Foner add to wishlist Freedom, the oldest of clich s and the most modern of aspirations, is the unifying theme in the new survey of American history by Eric Foner, the well-known historian and author of The Story of American Freedom. Give Me Liberty! examines the changing meanings of freedom, the social conditions that make freedom possible and its shifting boundaries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.89! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself more books like this by Frederick Douglass add to wishlist In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Frederick Douglass published this powerful account of his life in bondage and his triumph over oppression. The book, which marked the beginning of Douglass's career as an impassioned writer, journalist, and orator for the abolitionist cause, reveals the terrors he faced as a slave, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts add to wishlist Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Journals of Lewis and Clark more books like this by Bernard Augustine DeVoto add to wishlist In 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank - not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keenly understood that the course of the nation's destiny lay westward and that a national "Voyage of Discovery" must be mounted to determine the nature ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
9	From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 more books like this by George C Herring add to wishlist The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here George C. Herring ... see all copies from $16.87! new only from $18.01! \| SVS
10	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist A biography of Thomas Jefferson, written by a professor of history at Mount Holyoke. see all copies from $2.84! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt more books like this by T J Stiles add to wishlist From the award-winning author of "Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War" comes the first full, authoritative look at the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt--the complex and combative man whose genius and force of will gave birth to modern capitalism. see all copies from $17.93! new only from $22.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	American History: A Survey more books like this by Alan Brinkley add to wishlist This historical survey aims to balance social and cultural issues with political and diplomatic. It sets out to help the instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways, confident that the text will support the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study. This edition includes historiographical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Celia, a Slave more books like this by Melton A McLaurin add to wishlist A true story, based on court records, correspondences, and newspaper accounts past and present, this stunning historical achievement brilliantly illuminates an extraordinary event in the long, dark history of slavery in America. In 1850, 14-year-old Celia became the property of Robert Newsome, a prosperous and respected Missouri farmer. For the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	For Cause & Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, 'You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $11.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass more books like this by Frederick Douglass add to wishlist Based on the first edition of this autobiography in 1845, this text concerns the life of the great slave and upholder of emancipation, Frederick Douglass. In addition to its impact on the anti-slave movement of the time, the fugitive-slave narrative won recognition for its literary style. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present more books like this by Michael B Oren, PH.D. add to wishlist From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines - from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace - the United States has been involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West more books like this by William Cronon add to wishlist An American frontier study, focusing on the fastest growing city of 19th-century America - Chicago. It shows the land as it was when inhabited by Indians and a few white settlers, and the frenzy of development of the meat-packing industry, the grain emporiums and the lumber markets which followed. see all copies from $4.84! new only from $12.07! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Across the Wide Missouri more books like this by Bernard Augustine DeVoto add to wishlist Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. Across the Wide Missouri tells the compelling story of the climax and decline of the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the 1830s. More than a history, it portrays the mountain fur trade as a way of business and a way of life, vividly illustrating how it shaped the expansion of the American West. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 more books like this by Daniel Walker Howe add to wishlist The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes two Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in What Hath God Wrought, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to ... see all copies from $9.64! new only from $12.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave more books like this by Frederick Douglass add to wishlist 'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant.' Thus begins the autobiography of Frederick ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy more books like this by Ian W Toll add to wishlist From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli to the war that shook the world in 1812, Toll tells the grand tale of the founding of the U.S. Navy. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $10.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Journal of a Trapper more books like this by Osborne Russell, Aubrey L Haines (Editor) add to wishlist 'Reader, if you are in search of a Classical and Scientific tourist, please to lay this 'volume' down, and pass on, for this simply informs you what a Trapper has seen and experienced. But if you wish to peruse a Hunter's rambles among the wild regions of the Rocky Mountains, please to read this and forgive the authors foibles and imperfections, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.18! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 more books like this by Michael R Beschloss add to wishlist From the author "Newsweek" called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market more books like this by Walter Johnson add to wishlist Focusing on the slave market and its role in the economy, this study is based on personal narratives and official records, and shows the impact of the slave system on all involved. see all copies from $8.75! new only from $15.18! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America more books like this by Linda Lawrence Hunt add to wishlist In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby and her teenage daughter, Clara, set out to walk from Spokane to New York in order to win a $10,000 bet, hoping to save her family's home from foreclosure. Armed with pistols, five dollars each, and equal parts determination and desperation, they set out on May 5, and supported their journey with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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