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Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father
Peter Stark - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of AstoriaTwo decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young... |
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The Three Battles of Wanat: And Other True Stories
Mark Bowden - Atlantic Monthly
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden has had a prolific career as one of America's leading journalists and nonfiction writers. His new collection, The Three Battles of Wanat and Other True Stories, features the best of his long-form pieces on war, as well as notable... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
David Fisher - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against... |
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Ohio Indian Trails: Third Edition
Frank Wilcox - Kent State University Press
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Shawnee, Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Ottawa, Iroquois, and Mingo - tribes great and small, loosely confederated or warring with each other, pushed ever westward by the advancing white settlements - these were the native peoples of Ohio. They left behind little but their names, yet the trained... |
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The LGBTQ History Book
DK - ?DK
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions.Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ experience. This diverse,... |
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War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
Jeff Guinn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, Jim Jones) tells the riveting story of Pancho Villa's bloody raid on a small US border town that sparked a violent conflict with the US. The "Punitive Expedition"... |
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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishman in nineteenth-century America. The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man.... |
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book
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Look out for Carlo Rovelli's next book, Reality Is Not What It Seems.Instant New York Times Bestseller"One of the year's most entrancing books about science." - The Wall Street Journal"Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics."... |
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