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Framing a Legend
M Andrew Holowchak

ISBN10: 1616147296 ISBN13: 9781616147297
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Apr 2013
A reappraisal of historical and DNA evidence surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemings. It brings a perspective to the question of Jefferson's paternity and make Jefferson scholar's everywhere rethink conventional wisdom. More

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ISBN: 9780809094455 - Truth's Ragged Edge

Truth's Ragged Edge
Philip F Gura

ISBN10: 0809094452 ISBN13: 9780809094455
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2013
A guide to the origins and development of the American novel. It focuses on the city novels of the 1840s, which depicted with mixed feelings the rapid growth and modernization of American society. It concludes with fresh interpretations of the... More

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ISBN: 9780415537070 - The American Civil War

The American Civil War
Ian Patrick Finseth

ISBN10: 041553707X ISBN13: 9780415537070
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Apr 2013
The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, memoirs, and essays, accompanied by... More

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ISBN: 9780674073081 - The Oracle and the Curse

The Oracle and the Curse
Caleb Smith

ISBN10: 0674073088 ISBN13: 9780674073081
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Apr 2013
Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between... More

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American Zion
Eran Shalev

ISBN10: 0300186924 ISBN13: 9780300186925
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 05 Apr 2013
Examines how this predilection for Old Testament narratives and rhetoric in early America shaped a wide range of debates and cultural discussions - from republican ideology, constitutional interpretation, and more generally the meaning of American... More

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ISBN: 9780486479033 - History of the Donner Party

History of the Donner Party
McGlashan

ISBN10: 048647903X ISBN13: 9780486479033
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Mar 2013

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ISBN: 9781597976763 - The Jeffersonian Vision, 1801-1815

The Jeffersonian Vision, 1801-1815
William Nester

ISBN10: 1597976768 ISBN13: 9781597976763
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Mar 2013
The creation of American diplomacy and power as a distinct art "The Jeffersonian Vision, 1801 1815," reveals how the nation s leaders understood and asserted power during those crucial years between Thomas Jefferson s inauguration as the third... More

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The Caning
Stephen Puleo

ISBN10: 159416164X ISBN13: 9781594161643
Publisher: Westholme Publishing, U.S.
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Mar 2013

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ISBN: 9780393071252 - The Measure of Manhattan

The Measure of Manhattan
Marguerite Holloway

ISBN10: 0393071251 ISBN13: 9780393071252
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 19 Mar 2013
The first biography of an unrecognized, 19th-century genius, the man who plotted Manhattan's famous city grid. John Randel Jr. (1787 - 1865) was an eccentric and flamboyant surveyor renowned for his inventiveness as well as his bombast and... More

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ISBN: 9780812979008 - Madison and Jefferson

Madison and Jefferson
Andrew Burstein

ISBN10: 0812979001 ISBN13: 9780812979008
Publisher: Random House USA Inc Random House Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Mar 2013

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