History / American History

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Belknap Press, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down by the Constitution exacerbated the crisis. With Republican militias preparing to march on Washington, the House of Representatives deadlocked between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Based on seven years of archival research, this book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis. Ackerman shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threated to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Nevertheless, the Constitution managed to survive through acts of statesmanship and luck. The transformation of the presidency serves as the basis for a new look at Marbury v. Madison, the case that first asserted the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. Ackerman shows that Marbury is best seen in combination with another case, Stuart v. Laird, as part of a retreat by the Court in the face of the plebiscitarian presidency. This "switch in time" proved crucial to the Court's survival, allowing it to integrage Federalist and Republican themes into the living Constitution of the early republic. 384 pages, including documents, notes, and an extensive index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Whitehouse Historical Association, 1976. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Various Illustrators and Photographers. This volume is the third in a series of publications from the White House Historical Association (in conjunction with the National Geographic Society) chartered in November 1961. It's purpose is to "enhance the understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the Executive Mansion." The forward is written by Patricia Nixon, and included in this beautiful volume are numerous photographs, paintings, and illustrations, along with text describing different eras at the White House. The chapters, aptly named for their contents, are Hail to the Chief, Where Hospitality Makes History, The First Family at Home, A House for the Ages, In the President's Park, and The Loneliest Place. . . . The book is published on fine glossy paper. The binding is fire engine red with the title in gold. Light wear to the top of the spine. The front end paper appers to have been glued at the spine - poor job which caused small tears when the book was opened. The spine is tight. The dust jacket is slightly bent with a small tear at the spine top, light wear at the spine bottom, and 1" and 1/4" vertical tears at the bottom front. Light wear at the bottom back edge with one tiny tear. 147 pages including index. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alcoholics Anonymous World Serv inc., 1985. 30th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the foreword: Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker. Both were severe cases of alcoholism and were destined to become cofounders of the A.A. Fellowship. This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of A.A. It presents an explicit view of the principles by which A.A. members recover and by which their Society functions. The Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. The Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the fellowship itself. They outline the means by which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows. Many people, non alcoholics, report that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been able to meet other difficulties of life; they see in them a way to happy and effective living for many, alcoholic or not. The second section of this volume, Twelve Traditions, gives answers to how and why the fellowship of A.A. works, without a central government, with only a set of traditional principles to follow. 192 pages, with very light wear at the spine ends. The jacket is sun-lightened at the spine, with a bit of wear at the corners, a few chips at the top and a repaired 2" tear to the back. There is a spot, and a 1/2" brownish stain on the back. The jacket is in a protective cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. In April 1879, on a remote military base in Texas, Captain Andrew Geddes, a decorated Army officer of dubious moral reputation, faced a court-martial. The trial unearthed shocking tales of seduction, incest, and abduction. This happened in the post-Civil War period, when Americans were striving to define their moral codes anew. The highest figure in the United States Army, General Sherman, got involved, and made it his personal mission to se that Geddes was punished for his crimes. But what had he actually done? Geddes had accused a fellow officer, Louis Orleman, of incest with his teenage daughter Lillie. The Army quickly charged not Orleman but Geddes with "conduct unbecoming a gentleman," for his accusation had come about because Orleman was preparing to charge Geddes with attempting to seduce and abduct the same young lady. This is a suspenseful narrative of a very important trial and a study of the then prevailing attitudes toward sexuality parental discipline, the Army, and the division between public and private life. 287 pages with several pages of photographs and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2006. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Americans are accustomed to telling their country's story as if the nation were naturually autonomous and self-sufficient. In this challenging new work, the historian Thomas Bender asks us to rethink this presumed exceptionalism and propose a fresh and illuminating alternative to the conventional national narrative. Placing American history firmly in a global context, he recasts the historal developments that were central to the marking of the nation and shows why they can be fully understood only in light of America's global entaglements over five centuries. Bender's exciting work focuses on five major events or themes, from "the age of discovery" to American liberalism. This is a passionate, persuasive book that makes clear what damage is done to our self-understanding and to our relations with the world when we fail to consider the full dimensions of American history. Bender boldly challenges us to think beyond our borders. 368 pages including notes and an index. Binding is black cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. Originally printed in 1907, this volume is part of the Frontier Classics Series, and has a new introduction by Peter Cozzens, author of several acclaimed books on the Civil War and Western history. Ellen Mcgowan Biddle was the wife of James Biddle, a U.S. Army officer who saw wide service on the frontier. This book is a collection of her articulate, astute observations about life in the Army. From Macon, Georgia, where she first went to join her husband, to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where then-Colonel Biddle commanded the 9th Cavalry, Ellen McGowan Biddle followed her husband throughout his career, up until his retirement from active service in 1896. Throughout her reminiscences, she relates not only the day to day events of her life as an Army wife, but also the excitement, uncertainty, and sacrifice of life on the frontier. Fascinating reading! 257 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bartholomew House, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Life Magazine. This was quite an endeavor that Pearl Buck took on - to see and write about every state. She says "This book is a personal communication between my country and me. I did not know my country until half my life had gone. Then with adult mind and willing heart, I came here to live. All was new, all was wonderful, nearly all was beautiful. We Americans have more than our share of the world's wonders. It would be impossible for me to write of all there is to see. I have only written of what I myself have seen and felt about my country." I hope you enjoy looking back and taking in Buck's perspective of the beauty in each state! 320 pages with a key to color photographs, most are black & white. The bottom corners are slightly bent in. The spine ends are turned in with light wear. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Urbana, Illinois: Univ of Illinois Press, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Even more than the well-known images of the lone gunfighter or the reckless cowboy, the penitentiary was an important symbol of violence in the American West, violence that intensified when compounded by the factors of race, class, and sex. In this pathbreaking study of women prisoners in men's penitentiaries from 1865 to 1915, Anne M. Butler shows that the women, already faced with distinct gender disadvantages within western society, were subjected to intense physical and mental violence while in prison. For women of color or of lower social class, she argues, the violence was even greater and more frequent. Butler's poignant cross-cultural account draws on prison records and the words of the women themselves. She explores how 19th-century criminologists constructed the "criminal women"; the elements, of age, race, class, and gender in women's court proceedings; the kinds of violence encountered by women inmates; their diet, illnesses, experiences with pregnancy and child-bearing; prison work systems for women; and women's own strategies for response. 262 pages including a selected bibliography and index. Bound in lavender cloth, with illustrations throughout. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of South Carolina Press, 1994. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award of the New York Civil War Round Table - In the midst of the American civil rights movement, historians questioned the widely held belief that Abraham Lincoln was the "Great Emancipator." They pictured him as a white supremacist moved by political expediency to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. In this book, Lawanda Cox, a leading Reconstruction historian, argues that Lincoln was a consistent friend of African-American freedom but a friend whose oblique leadership style often obscured the strength of his commitment. Cox reveals Lincoln's cautious rhetoric and policies and a deliberate strategy to achieve his joint goals of union and emancipation, and she demonstrates that his wartime reconstruction efforts in Louisiana moved beyond a limited concept of freedom for the former slaves. Lincoln emerges from Cox's study as a masterful politician whose sure grasp of the nature of presidential leadership speaks not only to the difficulties of his age but also to the challenges of our own time. Includes bibliography and index. Small mark on page bottoms. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, the fifty-fifty senate, the horror of September 11, the anthrax attacks on media and the government (including Daschle's own office) the war on terrorism, corporate scandals that shook the economy, and other dramatic events, all leading up to the historic midterm election of 2002. Daschle offers a riveting account of his singular perspective on a time when the nation faced deadly and elusive external enemies and a level of domestic political contention rarely sen in American history. Senator Daschle is unflinching in his impressions of the key political figures of our time from both parties. The result is an acutely perceptive assessment of how our govenment met - and sometimes did not meet - the challenges of a remarkable era. 292 pages including an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: W H Freeman & Co, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Who were the Pilgrims? Far from somberly clad, stern, and righteous figures children learn about in school, many of the early settlers of Plymouth actually dressed in bright colors, drank heavily, and often got into trouble. A surprising new look at America's founding fathers and mothers, The Times of Their Lives presents a realistic, factual account of the Plymouth colony based on contemporary archeology; cultural research; and living history. Taking little known trial transcripts, personal accounts, wills, and probate records, as well as physical artifacts such as shards and spoons unearthed from old foundations, the authors reveal what life in seventeenth-century Plymouth was really like, and in the process they blow the dust of the dull, wooden figures of tradition and show the Plymouth colonists as vibrant people who lived out complex and colorful lives in a world profoundly different from our own. 366 pages, including sources and notes, and an index. Illustrations included throughout. Binding is half cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Shortly after America's entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an estensive sabatoge campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up bridges and railroads. Eight German saboteurs were dispatched across the Atlantic by U-boat, one landing in Amagansett, Long Island, the other near Jacksonville, Florida. They brought with them enough money and explosives for a two-year operation and traveled inland to explore potential targets. This is the full story of this audacious endeavor, a remarkable account of a terrorist threat against America. The author describes their voyage, infiltration into American life, why each volunteered, and their links to Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. And he shows how the FBI might never have caught them had one of them not helped J. Edgar Hoover transform a hapless manhunt into one of his proudest accomplishments. A military tribunal, a historic Supreme Court session, and one of the largest mass executions in American history provide a stunning climax to a dangerous but failed mission. 316 pages with notes, bibliography, and an extensive index, plus 16 pages of photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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United Kingdom: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. In this fascinating book Erik Durschmied looks into the history of witch delusion and the cruel butchers who hunted and executed so-called witches, from the Middle Ages to modern times. Who where these monsters, those who accused, arrested, judged and comdemned without showing consideration or pity? What were their motives? Did they act to uphold faith, or was it for self-protection? Was it out of personal vindictiveness or public recognition? This book begins with the trial and execution of Joan of Arc, and goes on to discuss the activities of the Inquisition, views of Martin Luther and England's Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, the fate of the Salem witches in Massachusetts and newly discovered evidence from the University of Tubingen which shows that the witch-hunt was quite literally revived under the Nazis. This is a passionate investigation of some of the greatest cruelties in history. 313 pages with notes, bibliography, and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Arcturus Publishing, 2002. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 considers the plans, hopes and subsequent failures of the great German offensive of the year. Martin Marix Evans presents an evocative examination of a once powerful nation on the brink of defeat, and analyzes, through the useof original research, how the allies managed to achieve military dominance in the final year of the war. 240 pages with index; pictorial cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: W W Norton & Co Inc., 2006. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. A sharp examination of the idea of liberty in the modern, democratic state. . .Liberty is fortunate to have such a reasoned and persuasive voice as its champion." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review). How has the modern welfare state redefined our notion of individual liberty. Are we free to express ourselves in speech, at work, or through sex? In this book, the fourth volume in Norton's ongoing "Issues of our Times" series, Fried shepherds the reader through an elegant, wide-ranging, erudite, at times challenging (both intellectually and politically) but always concrete and relevant discussion of this core American value. He passionately argues why we should place liberty - the freedom "of a man to live his own life as he (thinks) best" - above competing values such as beauty, glory, virtue of one sort or another, and even equality, and shows how each of these values can be and have been used to subvert our personal freedoms. Richly illustrated with examples from contemporary life, Modern Liberty is vividly relevant to the experiences and needs of everyday Americans. 217 pages including notes and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Pr, 2000. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Photographs. In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. This disturbing and dramatic tale is told to illuminate the creation of racial boundaries along the Mexican border. Clifton-Morenci, Arizona, was a "wild west" boomtown, where the mines and smelters pulled in thousands of Mexican immigrant workers. To the Anglos of Clifton-Morenci, placing a white child with a Mexican family was tantamount to child abuse, adn they saw their kidnapping as a rescue. In retelling this little-known piece of American history, the author brilliantly recreates and dissects the tangled intersection of family and racial values in a gripping story that resonates with today's conflicts over the "best interests of the child." 416 pages, including notes, acknowledgments, and an index. One page is dog-eared, and one page has a small wrinkle at the bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958 it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, but most of the 174 on the shift did not. Nineteen miners were trapped. The hope of finding life underground faded and families made funeral preparations. Then, a miracle: Rescuers stumbled across a broken pipe leading to a cave containing survivors, then a second group was discovered. A media circus followed as Ed Sullivan, then the state of Georgia invited survivors to visit. Using long-lost stories and interviews with surviviors, the author has reconstructed the drama of their struggle to stay alive. Eight pages of photographs, 342 pages including sources, endnotes, and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Exeter Books, 1983. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Photographs. Based on the availability of weaponry now and scientific advances expected in the future, this book discusses what types of rockets and missiles may be available for the next large war. This is, in some sense, a history book. This volume covers 1) Missile Technology and History, 2) U.S. Strategic Missile Forces, 3) European and Chinese Forces, 4) Soviet Strategic Forces, 5) Anti-Aircraft Systems, 6) Land Tactical Systems, 7) Anti-Tank Missiles, 8) Anti-Ship Systems, and an index. There is a good amount of text to go along with the photographs. This is not just a coffee table book! The navy blue cloth binding has wear at the bottom corners and the bottom spine.The top edge has a small nick in it and there are a few tiny white spots on the cloth. 192 pages; no marks or tears. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. The history of law can be viewed as a tale of human choices about the preservation of life, protection of property, exercise of individual liberty, fashioning of creative knowledge, and other basic social concepts. This book gives readers a comprehensive, authoritative, and accesible guide to this ongoing saga, in the form of 468 alphabetically arranged entries written by hundreds of respected scholars about a wide variety of pertinent subjects. 912 pages with a case index and general index. One page came torn, and has been properly repaired. This is a superb, concise source for lawyers, students, scholars, and lay people. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Photographs. This book is an account of what happened to the people and the institutions of a small American town as it went through an industrial boom during World War II. Seneca, Illinois, had a population of 1,235 in 1942; and a population of 6,600 two years later. The boom was due to the location of a shipyard on the bank of the Illinois River. The purpose of this survey was to study the adaptation of social instutions to rapid social change; study the people to new conditions of living; study the influence of a crisis on the long-term history of a community; and to make a record of one significant bit of American life during wartime. 356 pages with index; light wear to corners and spine ends. Cloth binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. 4th Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Photographs and Drawings. Soon there will be no memories of the 'little companies', as they were called, of children setting out with an adult leader for a new life. This little book is kind of a preservation movement, and a contribution to our understanding of how the West was won." - David Shribman, Wall Street Journal. This book is a study of the orphan trains that moved children from the East Coast to the West Coast, where things were still untamed, and mining was one of the biggest livelihoods. This book covers the time period from about the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, and is partly from the children's perspective. Using oral histories, institutional records, and newspaper accounts, the author has pieced together a fascinating piece of history through the children's immigration. This volume is neatly highlighted on many pages. 248 pages, it includes a bibliographical essay, notes, and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York Univ Pr, 1998. No Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. For most of the 20th century, social thinkers devoted their attention mainly to the issues of economic class. They generally dismissed the more primordial bonds of racial, ethnic, and national anachronisms that either communism or the liberal frameworks of democracy would dissolve. Today, communism is nearly dead and liberalism is on the wane. At the same time, older ethno-racial tribalisms, along with some newly invented ones, have shattered our illusions of a rationally manageable world. They find expression in the chauvanistic nationalisms, multicultarist ideologies, vicious civil wars, "ethnic cleansing" of whole regions, intensified racial and ethnic strife, a resurgence of prejudice, scapegoating, hate groups, and nativism as well as new group-based challenges to the individualistic focus of Western liberalism. Bringing together prominent historians, socialists, and political scientists, New Tribalisms examines early conceptions of race and ethnic pluralism in the United States. The volume also confronts some of the causes, implications, and possible outcomes of resurgent tribalisms in the country and around the world. 373 pages including notes on the contributors and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Utah Pr, 1998. Unknown. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs and Maps. Includes a foreword by Don D. Fowler. Before Lake Powell there was Glen Canyon. For more that 1,300 years the canyon was home for generations of a prehistoric people now known as the Anasazi. As work began on the Glen Canyon Dam in 1957, so did a massive five-year operation to inventory the archaeology, geology, history and ecology of the canyon and its tributaries before they were submerged beneath Lake Powell. In this interpretive summary, Jesse Jennings shows the achievements of the salvage team and explains how the finds affected previous conclusions about the prehistory of the Southwest. Maps detail the area, and photographs point to the extensive archaeologic resources as well as the stunning landscape of what was then a very remote and difficult part of the country. This volume is a record of an impressive scientific accomplishment and testament of the rich history of Glen Canyon before the flood. New, still in publisher's plastic. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Various. This is an original work, none previously published. Four authors tell the story. Historian Allan Nevins sets the stage of each of the 11 chapters with an anecdote-filled history of the period. Others go on to examine the nature and achievement of extraordinary people who built our nation. Many more supplied factual background for the book. Among their finds is an assemblage of old diaries, journals, letters and other documents which are included in a 16-page portfolio. 396 pages with index. Over 480 pictures - 150 in full color. The jacket has a 2" tear at the top corner, a 1" tear at the bottom along the flap, several small folds along the top and bottom and a few chips. The spine ends are chipped with a small closed tear on the spine. The top back has a small tear and a bit of chipping, and the bottom has two small tears. There is an original vertical wrinkle on the back. Oversized. Prior owner's mailing label on inside front. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Rumors about the mysterious events of one October night would bring down one of Virginia's elite families. "Cynthia Kierner has her hands on a great story and I don't know anyone better equipped to tell it. The Bizarre scandal revealed the declining political and economic influence of the postrevolutionary Virginia gentry, as well as the divisions that emerged in this gentry as it slipped from its previous position of unchallenged authority. Kierner has uncovered a fascinating and long-neglected incident in Virginia's early history, one that can provide new insights in the changing nature of this society after the American Revolution." - Peter Bardaglio, Professor of History, Ithaca College. 246 pages, including a bibliography and index. The spine tail is lightly bumped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Portland, OR: Collectors Press, 2003. Second Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs and Drawings. Satisfying the sweet tooth of countless generations of children and adults, candy holds a special place in American culture. This book, filled with timelines and fun candy facts, chronicles the history of the candy industry from the first Marshmallow Peeps produced to the blue M&M's. The author pays tribute to more than 85 candies, including those hard-to-find local favorites made by small, family-owned factories relying on hand-down recipes and old-fashioned techniques. A vibrant and mouth-watering read, history and candy connoisseurs alike will eat up the colorful pages and blast-from-the-past advertisements. And for those with a sweet touch in the kitchen, basic candy recipes are included! This is a fun book to browse through, and makes a great gift for a person reminiscing about favorite candies long gone. 176 pages, this cloth book includes a bibliography, places to purchase classic candy (!), candy making supplies and classes, and an extensive index. The endpapers are covered with images of candies. This book is fully illustrated, and includes a tour through a candy factory. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Publishing Group, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. Photographs. The resurgence of Milwaukee in the 1990s is a remarkable story, and one that will continue to be written. The writers have recorded this story as it has unfolded, capturing the unqiue community spirit that makes Milwaukee an exciting place to live, work, and play. Within these pages, the authors skillfully paint a vivid portrait of a city proud of its past and ready to take charge of its future - of gleaming skyscrapers gracing a revitalized downtown, of a center for arts and culture that rivals any in the world, and of pioneering education and health care opportunities. The comibination of looking ahead while retaining a sense of community and neighborhood identity has nurtured a metropolitan progressivism virtually unequaled anywhere else. Included are hundreds of fascinating historical and contemporary photographs. A glorious keepsake that belongs in every home, this handsome volume is the perfect gift for commemorating the city's 150th birthday. 416 pages including an index. The cover is slightly bent at the ends; now in a protective cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. The Civil War surgeon faced a unique challenge: to answer to two very different authorities. On one hand, he was bound to uphold the principles of medical tradition, while on the other required to obey the regularions of the army. Not every doctor was able to rise to the challenge of these dual responsibilities and many Civil War surgeons ended up facing official sanctions for their alleged medical and/or procedural failures. Undoubtedly, some of these surgeons were guilty of negligence, perhaps even worse. But the great majority did their duty. Even those who fell short raise the question: Could we, with the same challenges and the same limited knowledge, have done better? 258 pages with appendices and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. Ruth Paine, interviewed for this book, lived in Irving, Texas and met the Oswalds at a party. She went because she heard that some individuals who spoke Russian would be there, and she was interested in the language. So began her friendship with the Oswalds. Marina Oswald stayed with her for a time as her husband, Lee, went to New Orleans to look for work. They corresponded while the Oswalds were in Louisiana, and some of the letters are quoted in this book. After the Oswalds returned from New Orleans, they stayed with Mrs. Paine; she heard of an opening at the Texas School Book Depository, where Lee gained a position. He didn't work there long before using the location to assassinate President Kennedy. The rest is history. 209 pages, black binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Press, 1997. First Publishers Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. The encounter between Native American peoples and Europeans and their descendants has marked the history of every nation in the Americas, both North and South. Lucio Mansilla's Una excursion a los indios ranqueles, published in Argentina in 1870, is one of very few works in American letters that presents a vivid, firsthand account of a noncombative encounter between Native American and European civilizations. This volume is the first English translation of Mansilla's classic work. Long noted for its humor, adventurousness, and narrative ingenuity, the book offers penetrating insights into fundamental issues of "civilization and barbarism," immigration, ethnic and racial diversity, and land ownership and tenancy. Mansilla alone among his contemporaries espoused open dialogue as the best approach to the "Indian problem." Although the peace accord he sought to enact with the Ranquels was summarily disregarded by the Argentine government, which slowly gravitated toward a policy of ethnic cleansing and expropriation of Indian lands, this book does narrate a rehearsal for reconciliation that in the end never took place. 418 pages including a glossary, notes, bibliography, and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hearst's International Library Co., Inc., 1915. Hard Bound, Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Maxim Hudson was an American inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. His brother was Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun (which is often credited to Maxim). Prior to World War I Maxim wrote this book, in which he pointed out the inferiority of American weapons to those of European countries. As the inventor of smokeless cannon powder and maximite, a high explosive and a fuse adopted by the Army and the Navy, he wrote this book to present a "phalanx of facts upon the subject of the defenseless condition of this country, and to show what must be done, and done quickly, in order to avert the most dire calamity that can fall upon a people - that of merciless invasion by a foreign foe, with the horrors of which no pestilence can be compared." This passionately written books pleads with readers to help rectify this situation, and includes some charts showing US expenditures, armed services population, and other dated but intriguing information. Also included are portions of speeches and letters from General Leonard Wood (with portrait), Admiral Austin M. Knight (with portrait), and poetry that relates to war. The frontispiece is a portrait of the author. This is an American Library Edition, 318 pages including an index and six pages of ads for other books. All pages are secure; the spine has pulled away, causing the book to be cocked if not standing on a flat surface. The binding is dark green with only minor wear to the bottom corners. Both spine ends show very light wear. There are a few very small light spots on the spine, and one on the back. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2005. First Oxford Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Sea ice and midnight sun, flaming aurora and endless winter night - the arctic of traveler's tales and romantic novels is the unattainable dream of a vast and desolate world - the last imaginary place on Earth. In this fascinating book renowned archeologist Robert McGhee lifts the veil to reveal the true Arctic. Combining anthropology, history, and personal memoir, this book dispels romanticized notions of the Artic as a world apart, exotic and isolated, revealing a land more fascinating than we had imagined. We meet Viking farmers, whalers and ivory-hunters, and explorers racing to reach the North Pole. Most important, McGhee offers more coverage of the native peoples of the Arctic, societies that other histories usually neglect. The author follows the Inuit as they cross the Artic in search of metal, and reveals the dangers that native people face today from pollution and global warming. 296 pages with index and interesting reading; color and black&white photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Inc., 2000. First Edition. Soft Cover. New. This is the story of a road, the Yellowstone Trail. It was built between 1912 - 1928, and was one of America's first transcontinental automobile routes. At the time, very few good roads existed as automobile travel across the country had not become popular. As the oldest organized highway, the Yellowstone Trail was built to encourage travel, with the hopes that this would then encourage government to set aside funds to build better roads. The author travelled back and forth across this road to gather information, much of it from residents of the towns through which it winds. This fascinating history includes many maps and photographs, both current and vintage. 200 pages. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Natl Geographic Society, 2003. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Susanna Moore's narrative begins with Captain Cook, whose arrival in 1778 fulfilled a time-honored Hawaiian legend, but who quickly fell victim to the first of many misunderstandings that would shape Hawaiian history. Soon American missionaries would arrive, bringing Christianity, colonialism, and capitalism to forever change island life. The story that unfolds in these pages is not the tale of savagery that characterized so many chronicles of the age. Lili'uokalani, the last queen, did not lose her throne until 1893; when she died in 1917, she was still a revered and dignified figure. But the old chants, elaborate rituals, graceful rythms of the classical hula died out, vanished underground, or were transformed into quaint customs that survived to charm tourists. As Moore summons her own childhood in the 1950s and '60s, she captures the distinct flavor of an island life still deeply affected by traditional beliefs. This is the portrait of an extraordinary world, where even today the bustle of modern life yields to the quiet yet powerful murmur of the past. 184 pages including notes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Gareth Stevens Pub, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Nebbia, Tom. This is a magnificient visual history of the circus parade as well as the first complete written history of the tradition. It brings together the very best and examples of the old circus wagons with the excitement and pageantry of contemporary artists, animals, and entertainers in the parade today. The book includes a vivid account of the Milwaukee Circus Parade and it's revival. This history is primarily from Wisconson's Circus World Museum in Baraboo, founded in 1954. Binding has very light wear at the corners and is a bit lightened at the top edges. The jacket has some wrinkles at the top, a 1" repaired tear at the back, and a 1/4" repaired tear at the spine head. Fully illustrated in color. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, 12" Wide. more information

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Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.: Turner Company, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a book for high-school-age students and anyone interested in the history of Texas. The background of Texas history involves a review of the colonial systems of three great European nations, as well as the development of the United States prior to 1821. During the period of the Republic, Texas was an international bone of contention in the relations of England, France, Mexico, and the United States. This is a wonderful book about Texas from Spanish occupation to rule under Mexico, on to the Americanization of Texas, the winning of independence, the return to the Union and the last chapter discusses Texas and Texans in the Decade of World War II. Several maps are included. 516 pages including an index. Blue cloth cover with light wear at the corners and spine ends. Prior owner's name written on the inside cover, and there is a sticker ghost on the ffep. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. The informer is infiltrating American life at the national, state, and local level. He invades the privacy of the home, reports on classroom discussions and library accessions, and summons his colleagues to challenge the sanctity of the church. He is a man of the shadows, born of fear and contributing to it. He speaks in whispers. Justice William O. Douglas describes him as "nameless" and "faceless." He is not subpeonaed, answers no roll call, dares not face the man he accuses. He is as un-American as the Nazi Gauleiter or the Russian commisar. But he is here. He strikes at the heart of American freedom. He is a creature of the police state, an alien and malignant growth. Written in the foreword by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, about his experience with the house committee on un-American activities. A frightening look at how paranoia can change the country, and some of it sounds very familiar. 186 pages. The book has a small sticker on the inside cover from another book store. The jacket is scuffed and has wear and chips at the spine ends and corners. There is a 1/2" tear at the bottom back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2002. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Washington Post Book World said of this book 'Erna Paris gives us a rich, if painful, inventory of the recent, dubious uses to which we are putting the past.' How do nations come to terms with their most painful history and what role should trials play in the attempt to reconcile national trauma in the aftermath of war, terror, and other crises? In this searing, personal examination, Paris takes the reader on a remarkable journey through four continents to explore how nations reinvent themselves in the aftermath of calamity. She travels through the United States, with it's memory of slavery; to South Africa, where they struggle to heal the wounds of apartheid; to Japan, France, and Germany, where the sorrow of Hiroshima and the Holocaust still resonates; and to the Hague, where she explores the changing face of international justice. This volume compels us to question where we stand as individuals in relation to our own collective histories. 495 pages including end notes and an extensive index. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Press, 1999. First Soft Cover Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs. The Holocaust holds a unique place in American public culture and, as the author demonstrates, television has played a strategic role in establishing the Holocaust as a powerful moral paradigm in the United States. Shandler's analysis starts with wartime newsreels of liberated concentration camps, showing how they established viewing the evidence of genocide as a morally galvanizing act. He then moves through five decades of American television, exploring its many presentations of the Holocaust, including such international landmarks as the coverage of the Eichmann trial in 1961 and the 1978 Holocaust miniseries. Here, too, are lesser known examples: original drama telecasts live during the early postwar years, episodes of popular entertainment series such as All in the Family and Star Trek, as well as several decades of documentaries, newscasts, and even advertisements. By tracing the course of Holocaust television of the past half century, this book reveals how Americans have come to embrace this subject as a model for responding to other moral crises, from domestic racial strife to "ethnic cleansing" operations in Bosnia. 316 pages including endnotes and an index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. Mark Siegel is an articulate voice of reason in a world beset by hype and hysteria. We would be well advised to listen to listen closely to what he has to say."-Jerome Groopman, M.D., staff writer, The New Yorker. Life today for citizens of the developed world is far safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history. Modern medicine has all but wiped out many diseases that once were common killers. Modern intelligence gathering can pinpoint threats to our domestic security as they arise. So why is an epidemic of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to the author, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear. From the anthrax panic to the SARS "epidemic," and the West Nile virus - the media continually bombard us with breaking news of yet another super-bug, terrorist plot, or natural disaster that's about to wreak havoc. Most of the time the disasters never materialize. Even if they did, the odds that any of us would suffer harm is infinitesimally small - especially when compared to the much greater risks of dying in a car accident of from heart disease. This book shows how fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts - often without our even realizing it - to promote their political agendas, boost their ratings, and sell their products. 246 pages including a bibliography and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of New England, 1998. Soft Cover. New. Still in publisher's plastic, this collection of more than 100 images captures the essence of Shaker life in poses both pious and playful, and records how individual identity was nurtured, rather than extinguished by the community. Chosen from thousands of photos saved by Eldress Bertha Lindsay, these phjotos give new life to the Shaker lifestyle. These farmers, artisans, and celibate guardians of orphan children lived in what the authors calls an unusually humane environment and maintained a faith that was "remarkably resilient and long-lasting." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: De Capo Press, 1998. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs and Portraits. This impressive collection, drawn from a wealth of original research into previously untapped sources - including letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, poems, songs, newspaper articles, advertisements, a ship's log, and official documents - allows African Americans to speak afresh across more than two centuries. Besides the expected voices of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, this book makes vivid the experiences and views of a diverse range of lesser-known but equally fascinating personalities: Ira Aldridge, one of the great Shakespearean actors of his day; William Allen, the first black college professor in the country; the astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker; Paul Cuffe, owner of a fleet of merchant ships; Martin R. Delaney, the father of black nationalism; James Forten, war veteran, inventor, and one of the wealthiest men in America; the militant Henry HIghland Garnet, who urged slaves to revolt; the poet Phyllis Wheatley; as well as ordinary free blacks, fugitive slaves, soldiers, wives, mothers, pioneers, sailors, and numerous others. The editor has forged her material into a documentary history as dramatic as it is memorable. 396 pages including a biographical directory and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Photographs. NEW - On a chilly Saturday morning in the fall of 1909, 480 men plunged into the depths of the Cherry Mine in Illinois as they had numerous times before. But this day would be different. At lunchtime, a small fire erupted in the inner recesses of the mine shaft and soon burned out of control. Despite the miners' heroic efforts to save their comrades, many sacrificing their own lives rushing in and out of the blackness, more than half of the men would be either burned to death or buried alive by nightfall. When officials sealed the mine, effectively entombing those still trapped in an effort to contain the blaze, hope for survivors was slim. Miraculously, twenty men emerged alive from the once-raging inferno one week later when the shaft was unsealed. All of these miners - dead and alive - would forever be part of the legacy of the worst coal mine fire in U.S. history. 273 pages including 8 pages of photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1983. No Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs and Charts. The story of Free Frank is not only a testament to human courage and resourcefulness but affords new insights into the American frontier. Born a slave in the South Carolina piedmont in 1777, Frank died a free man in 1854 in a town he had founded in western Illinois. His accomplishments, creditable for any frontiersman, were for a black man extraordinary. When his owner moved to Tennessee, he was left in charge of the Kentucky farm. During the War of 1812, he set up his own saltpeter works, an enterprise he maintained until he left Kentucky. With his wife and four children, all free, Frank left in 1830 to settle on a new frontier in Pike County, Illinois. He purchased a farm and later platted and successfully promoted the town of New Philadelphia. His story suggests a great deal about business activity and legal practices, as well as racial conditions, on the frontier. 223 pages, including an index, bibliographic notes, and end notes. Some photographs and charts. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/Near Fine. Photographs. This remarkable and innovative history of twentieth-century America follows the trajectories of some of those who have made it the extraordinary nation it is today. The scope of Makers of the American Century reaches from the beginnings of America's global presence, in the Spanish-American war of 1898, to the dominance, at the end of the twentieth century, of its military force, economic systems, culture and complex, contradictory values. Yet this emergence onto the world stage would not have occurred but for the achievements of the preeminent individuals depicted in this fascinating study. Modern saints come no more American than Martin Luther King Jr., the life of Babe Ruth that exemplifies the American sports hero and John Steinbeck who was the American voice. This is a vivid, personal portrait of the many through the few: a foreigner's fascinating tribute to the world's most powerful nation. 393 pages, including acknowledgments and an extensive index. The binding is navy cloth; the jacket has a bit of shelf wear at the bottom corners. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1991. Hard Cover. New/New. A most impressive book that should appeal to readers who are interested in both Henry A Wallace and the American West. Wallace, a future Secretary of Agriculture, Vice President, and candidate for presidency, had not yet celebrated his 21st birthday when he made the tour on which his contribution to the book was based, and his essays testify to the strength of the young man's intellect and his talents as a traveler and illustrate his point of view." - Richard S. Kirkendall, University of Washington. New, still in publisher's plastic. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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