American History
American History
Faces of the Civil Rights Movement: The Lives and Legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
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Faces of the Civil Rights Movement: The Lives and Legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Today, a man born Michael King Jr. is one of the most famous Americans in history, his name having been changed at the age of five to one the world fondly remembers: Martin Luther King Jr. The life and legend...
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Famine and Rebellion: The History of Ireland Under the British Empire in the 19th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“If you strike us down now we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not...
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Famous Dirigibles: The History and Legacy of Lighter than Air Vehicles from the Renaissance to Today
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Famous Dirigibles: The History and Legacy of Lighter than Air Vehicles from the Renaissance to Today
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe Wright Brothers initially underestimated the difficulties involved in flying, and they were apparently surprised by the fact that so many others were working on solving the “problem of human flight” already. Decades before...
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Famous Landmarks of Ancient Rome: The History of the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Appian Way
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Famous Landmarks of Ancient Rome: The History of the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Appian Way
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the landmarks written by ancient Romans *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Roman Empire is the most famous in history, and the center of the far-reaching empire’s activities was located...
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Father Charles Coughlin: The Life of the Controversial Catholic Priest Who Revolutionized Radio
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Father Charles Coughlin: The Life of the Controversial Catholic Priest Who Revolutionized Radio
*Includes pictures *Includes Coughlin's own quotes about the politics of the era *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The people have spoken and the only American thing to do is abide by...
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Field Marshal Albert Kesselring: The Life and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Most Popular Commander
*Includes pictures*Includes Kesselring's quotes about the war*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.” - KesselringAlbert Kesselring holds a strange...
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Fighting After the War: A History of the Most Famous American Battles that Took Place after the Wars Had Ended
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading There are countless examples of battles that take place in wars after a peace treaty is signed. The last battle of the Civil War was a skirmish in Texas that Confederate forces...
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Fighting for Glory: The History and Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Fighting for Glory: The History and Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Includes accounts of the fighting at Fort Wagner written by some of the 54th's soldiers. *Profiles men of the 54th, including Robert Gould Shaw. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. “A deserted...
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Fighting for Jerusalem: The History of the Most Important Battles and Sieges for Control of the World's Holiest City
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When Israel captured East Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967, it established Jewish control over the city for the first time in nearly 2,000...
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Fighting for the Lost Cause: The Life and Career of General Jubal Early
*Includes pictures of Early and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes excerpts from Early's autobiography discussing battles like Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and more.*Discusses Early's influence on the Lost Cause and Civil War history.*Includes a Bibliography for further...
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Fighting for Women's Suffrage: The Lives and Legacies of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Fighting for Women's Suffrage: The Lives and Legacies of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
*Includes pictures of Anthony, Stanton, and other important people in their lives.*Includes Anthony's and Stanton's comments on social issues like education, employment, suffrage, abolition, abortion, and more.*Includes bibliographies of each woman for further reading."The true woman will not be exponent...
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Fighting in World War I: The History and Legacy of Warfare During the Great War
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts and a bibliography for further readingPlague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they’ve often struggled...
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Fighting the Plague in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: The History of Ancient and Medieval Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Diseases
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts and a bibliography for further readingPlague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they’ve often struggled...
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Finding the Wreck of the Titanic: The Search Efforts and the Discovery of the World's Most Famous Ship
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts and a bibliography for further reading Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they’ve...
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Fire in the Sky: The History of the Hindenburg Disaster
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Hindenburg and the disaster written by passengers and other eyewitnesses *Discusses the different theories that attempt to explain the disaster *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “It's burst into...
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Flat Earth and Hollow Earth Theories: A History of Strange Tales and Bizarre Beliefs about the Planet
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb...
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Flat Earth: A History of Strange Tales, Bizarre Beliefs, and Conspiracy Theories about the Earth's Surface
The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb some parts of the Earth are still largely...
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Flinders Petrie: The Life and Legacy of the Father of Modern Egyptology
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The man who knows and dwells in history adds a new dimension to his existence…He lives in all time; the ages are his, all live alike to him.” – Flinders PetrieAfrica...
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Florence Nightingale: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Nurse in History
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of Nightingale's life and work written by contemporaries, as well as Florence herself*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be...
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Florence: The History and Legacy of the Birthplace of the Renaissance
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts of Florence*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingWhen historians are asked to pick a point in history when Western civilization was transformed and guided down the path to modernity, most of them point to...
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Flying Saucers: The Mysterious History of the UFO Phenomenon
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of purported UFO sightings and Roswell *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The point is that the idea of space vehicles shaped like flying saucers was imprinted in...
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Folk Heroes of the Frontier: The Lives and Legacies of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Boone's life and Crockett's life, including Crockett's death at the Alamo.*Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the debate over whether he actually gave it.*Includes pictures of...
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The Dieppe Raid: The History and Legacy of the Allies' Failed Operation to Land on the French Coast during World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a table of contents for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I thought it most important that a large-scale operation should take place this summer, and military opinion seemed unanimous that until an operation on that...
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The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold: The Unsolved Mystery of the American Socialite Who Vanished in 1910
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts from family members, authorities, and newspapers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "It would be bad enough if the daughter I loved so well [were] lying beside...
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The Disappearance of Jean Spangler: The History of One of Hollywood's Most Enduring Unsolved Mysteries
The Hollywood culture of the 1940s served as a symbol of fantasy for a country at war. The American population, steeped in a dark global reality, lived vicariously through the film industry's fantasy offerings on the big screen, and eagerly...
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The Disappearance of the USS Scorpion: The History of the Mysterious Sinking of the American Nuclear Submarine
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the submarine's sinking *Discusses various theories surrounding its demise *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The Navy has extensively investigated the loss of Scorpion through the...
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The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The History of the Central European Nation from Its Founding to Its Breakup
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn New Year’s Day 1993, Czechoslovakia broke into two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Thus ended one of the creations brought about by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, and...
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The Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire: The History and Legacy of the Ottoman Turks' Decline and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents In January 2011, the Turkish television channel “Show TV” released A Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyıl), which would become one of Turkey’s most popular TV...
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The Dissolution of Yugoslavia: The History of the Yugoslav Wars and the Political Problems That Led to Yugoslavia's Demise
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingYugoslavia was arguably one of the most unusual geopolitical creations of the 20th century. The Yugoslav state had never existed in any historical sense, and the ties that bound together its...
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The Dodo: The History and Legacy of the Extinct Flightless Bird
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts about the dodo*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.”...
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