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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
Jack Cheevers · NAL; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE 2014 SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATUREIn 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence... |
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The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act
Alex Prud'homme · Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 318 Format: Print book
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The enchanting story of Julia Child's years as TV personality and beloved cookbook author--a sequel in spirit to My Life in France--by her great-nephew Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor vividly... |
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Legacies of our great grand mothers : early Tennessee women
Daughters of the American Revolution. Tennessee Society. · Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution
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"The idea for this book originated with our celebration of the bi-centennial of the War of 1812, and a booklet we created to spotlight the women who were living in Tennessee at that time. As we identified those women, and tried to write a brief sketch of their lives, it became obvious... |
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The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of US History, 1790-1900
Allison Dolan · Family Tree Books Pages: 222 Format: Hardcover
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Journey Into the Past!Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from... |
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Acadie Then and Now: A People's History
Phil Comeau · Andrepont Publishing Llc Format: Print book
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Acadie Then and Now: A People s History is an international collection of articles from 50 authors that chronicles the historical and contemporary realities of the Acadian and Cajun people worldwide. In 1605, French colonists settled Acadie (today Nova Scotia, Canada) and for the next 150 years... |
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The Library Book
SUSAN ORLEAN · Simon & Schuster Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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Susan Orlean, hailed as a "national treasure" by The Washington Post and the acclaimed bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved... |
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad
Eric Foner · W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. Pages: 301 Format: Print book
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The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning... |
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Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
CATHERINE KERRISON · Ballantine Books Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about Martha, Maria, and Harriet tells the fascinating story of their very different lives at Monticello and beyond, as daughters of one of our most brilliant and complicated Founding Fathers. |
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Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
Sonia Purnell · Penguin Books Pages: 448 Format: Print book
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"Sonia Purnell has at long last given Clementine Churchill the biography she deserves. Sensitive yet clear-eyed, Clementine tells the fascinating story of a complex woman struggling to maintain her own identity while serving as the conscience and principal adviser to one of the most... |
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American Will: The Forgotten Choices That Changed Our Republic
Bobby Jindal · Threshold Editions Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, a much-talked-about 2016 presidential candidate, offers fourteen lessons from our nation's past and discusses how they can be used to restore American courage, faith, and wisdom.Nearly forty-five years ago, Bobby Jindal's parents left their home... |
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50 Great American Places: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S.
Brent D. Glass · Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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A one-of-a-kind guide to fifty of the most important cultural and historic sites in the United States guaranteed to fascinate, educate, and entertain - selected and described by the former director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.From Massachusetts to Florida... |
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American Home Cooking: A Popular History
TIM MILLER · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 228 Format: Hardcover
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American Home Cooking provides an answer to the question of why, in the face of all the modern technology we have for saving time, Americans still spend time in their kitchens cooking.Americans eat four to five meals per week in a restaurant and buy millions of dollars' worth of convenience... |
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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B Tyson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 304 Format: Audiobook
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till - "and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with history:... |
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The Second Amendment: A Biography
Michael Waldman · Simon & Schuster Pages: 255 Format: Hardcover
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By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history... |
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