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God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England

JAMES WARREN · Scribner
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: a fresh look at the aggressive expansionist Puritans in New England and the determined Narragansett Indians, who refused to back down and accept English...
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The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Fortune in the American West

GREGORY CROUCH · Scribner
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The rags-to-riches American frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada's Comstock Lode - the rich body of gold and silver so immensely valuable that it changed the destiny of the United States.Born in 1831,...
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The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

ANNA-LISA COX · PublicAffairs
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The long-hidden truth about America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nationThe American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent--and...
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The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy

Jay Cost · Basic Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An incisive account of the tumultuous relationship between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison and of the origins of our wealthy yet highly unequal nationIn the history of American politics there are few stories as enigmatic as that of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's bitterly...
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The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

ANDREW LAWLER · Doubleday
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America todayIn 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina to establish the first English settlement...
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The Lives of the Surrealists

DESMOND MORRIS · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Life histories of the Surrealists, known and unknown, by one of the last surviving members of the movement -- artist and best-selling author Desmond MorrisSurrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment...
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The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics

SALENA ZITO · Crown Forum
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Standout syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Salena Zito, with veteran Republican strategist Brad Todd, reports across five swing states and over 27,000 miles to answer the pressing question: Was Donald Trump's election a fluke or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate...
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The Unknowns

PATRICK O'DONNELL · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives...
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E Ambrose · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Stephen E. Ambrose's iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II's most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army.They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942,...
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The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran

MASIH ALINEJAD · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing...
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