Military Collectibles: An International Directory of 20th Century Militaria Military Medals, Decorations and Orders of the United States and Europe: A Photographic Study to the Beginning of World War II (Schiffer Military Aviation History) Military Patches...
it was instantly recognized as a modern classic of American historical scholarship, as well as a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction Revolutionary War history. Today it is probably the most cited single work on the American Revolutionary War. The combination of a simple format and eloquent writing ...
--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work ...
Click on Image to expand Baier, Bret, and Catherine Whitney: To Rescue The Constitution George Washington And The Fragile American Experiment. New York: Mariner Books, (2023). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. An oct...
say that a belief in republican equality had to rest on slavery, but only that in Virginia (and probably in other southern colonies) it did. The most ardent American republicans were Virginians, and their ardor was not unrelated to their power over the men and women they held in bondage.....
Which are the best books on American history?Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the world’s largest museum devoted to telling the story of America, chooses five standout books in a crowded field. ...
The American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789 upended the political order on both sides of the Atlantic. The battle of Waterloo in 1815 did not bring things to a close. Revolutionary activity continued in Europe and Latin America with varying degrees of success right through...
The Revolutionary War Seen through British Eyes; Myths Slashed, Record Set straight?(BOOKS)
Good books on America’s Revolutionary War against the British are a dime a dozen. Rick Atkinson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist-turned-military historian, has produced something special inThe British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777(Henry Holt), a sweepin...
Married women sometimes operated taverns on behalf of their husbands. Chapters 5 and 6 situate taverns in the context of the American Revolution and the nation's subsequent democratic reality. Beginning with the Stamp Act crisis and reaching a pitch during the war, taverns became staging grounds ...