Subject: History
Women of the blue & gray: true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies
North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant– the women in these micro biographies were wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands […]
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Rising in flames: Sherman’s March and the fight for a new nation
Dickey shares new perspectives into Sherman’s epic March to the Sea. He profiles profiling the heated divides of the antebellum years, and how Sherman’s legendary […]
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Leadership in turbulent times
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or […]
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The bone and sinew of the land: America’s forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality
The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early settlers who tamed the wilderness and built […]
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Ballots and bullets: Black Power politics and urban guerrilla warfare in 1968 Cleveland
On July 23, 1968, police in Cleveland battled with black nationalists in a night of terror that saw 6 people killed and at least 15 […]
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America and the Great War: a Library of Congress illustrated history
America and the Great War commemorates the centennial of that turning point in American history. Chronicling the United States in neutrality and in conflict, it […]
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Sisters of the soil: West Virginia land girls on the World War II farm front
Contents: War Gardens; “Food will win the war” Victory Gardens: “Backyard War” Eleanor Roosevelt: “Woman Land Army” “City-bred Farmerettes” join the Land Army “Strictly City” […]
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World War I and America : told by the Americans who lived it
A collection of 127 first-person narratives by writers such as Richard Harding Davis, Edith Wharton, John Reed, Henry Morgenthau, Leslie Davis, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, […]
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World War I : the definitive visual history: from Sarajevo to Versailles
A guide to the first World War features timelines, maps, and accounts of the action to bring to life the world leaders, key players, and […]
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The world remade: America in World War I
An indispensable, sharply drawn tour through America’s epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, enlivened by fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of […]
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