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The Border Outlaws & The Border Bandits is an account of the James brothers and their band of outlaws.

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Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade  is a Christian argument against slavery, written in the late 18th century.

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For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time to look...

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Eugene Fitch Ware (Ironquill), a member of the 7th Iowa Cavalry, chronicles native uprisings in the Midwest in The Indian War of 1864. This edition includes...

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A History of the Amistad Captives is a short account of the events on the Amistad, descriptions of the captives, and the trial.

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Booker T. Washington was a prominent leader of the African-American community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Washington was born into slavery...

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John Singleton Mosby served as commander of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers. His memoirs describe his experiences and recollections of...

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Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who earned fame and global renown for his novels War and Peace and Anna...

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The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand is an account of an explorer in New Zealand in 1884, and his interactions with the Maori.

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Explore the mysteries of the feminine divine Joseph Campbell brought mythology to a mass audience. His bestselling books, including The Power of Myth...

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In the early 1800s, American ships off the coast of North Africa routinely found themselves the targets of Muslim pirates. These sea raiders, or 'corsairs'...

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Four years: 3 million bombs: Zero Hour Food approaching 'The diary was kept secret because it had to be. Taylor knew he would be in trouble if it were...

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Germany's Hour of Destiny , written in 1914, is an overview of the European political situation in which Frobenius predicts the coming World War I.

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Views of Louisiana: Together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River in 1811 is an amazing account of the West in the early 19th century.

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California Indoors and Out is an overview of the Golden State in the 19th century, with special attention to farming and mining in the state. A table of...

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The Making of Wisconsin is an expansive history of the state. The original illustrations are included, along with a table of contents.

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By Ox Team to California, A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 is the personal narrative of a woman and her family's journey west.

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“If it can be said a village has a life, then this is a biography.” Norman Williams (1908-1969) “Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward....

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Composed during the nights of an Attic winter, the sole surviving work of Aulus Gellius, the second century Latin author and grammarian, is an intriguing...