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Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America
Mary Stockwell · Yale University Press
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
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Why did the once‑ardent hero of the American Revolution become its most scandalous general?​
In the spring of 1792, President George Washington chose "Mad" Anthony Wayne to defend America from a potentially devastating threat. Native forces had decimated... |
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The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire
Stephen Kershaw PhD · Pegasus Books
Pages: 508
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh and vivid narrative history of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the "barbarian" enemies of Rome. History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous... |
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Sudden Courage: Youth in France Confront the Germans, 1940-1945
Ronald C Rosbottom · Custom House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the acclaimed When Paris Went Dark, longlisted for the National Book Award, returns to World War II once again to tell the incredible story of the youngest members of the French Resistance - many only teenagers - who waged a hidden war against the Nazi occupiers and their... |
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A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army
Brian Matthew Jordan
Format: Hardcover
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From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of immigrants and their brutal experience of the conflict.The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, yet our nation remains fiercely divided over its enduring legacies. In A Thousand May Fall,... |
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Two Truths and a Lie: Murder, Obsession, and Justice in the Sunshine State
Ellen McGarrahan
Format: Hardcover
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In 1990, Ellen McGarrahan was working as a journalist when she witnessed the botched electric-chair execution of Jesse Tafero, convicted of killing two police officers in Broward County, Florida. When evidence emerged implicating a different man in the murders, McGarrahan found herself... |
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The Trouble with Wagner
Michael P. Steinberg · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a personal account of his work as a dramaturg on the bicentennial production of The Ring of the Nibelung for the Teatro alla Scala Milan and the Berlin... |
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
JAMES W LOEWEN · The New Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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"Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself." - Howard ZinnA new edition of the national bestseller and American Book... |
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