The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by CreateSpace $14.97
Benjamin Franklin is one of the most delightful of the Founding Fathers to read. He is quick to point out both his successes and failures. A man of many talents, his wisdom is still relevant today.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Adamant Media Corporation $15.99
In this memoir, Harriet Jacobs describes slave life and the sexual exploitation with accompanies it from a distinctly female perspective. To elude the clutches of her master, Jacobs becomes the mistress of another white man and has two children by him. When herlover reneges on his promise to free her, Jacobs begins an elaborate escape that will take seven years to complete.
Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions) by Dover Publications $2.50
Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of Independence. This highly influential landmark document attacks the monarchy, cites the evils of government and combines idealism with practical economic concerns.
THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Annotated) by $9.99
This unique version also includes the following bonus annotations:- Biography of the author- Historical context of the book- Literary critiqueAbraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War,...
The Federalist Papers by SoHo Books $10.80
Paperback edition of the classic Federalist Papers.
The Founding Fathers Reconsidered by Oxford University Press, USA $14.95
Here is a vividly written and compact overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as the "Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "philosopher-kings" as American or world history has ever seen. In The Founding Fathers Reconsidered, R. B. Bernstein reveals Washington, Franklin, Jefferson,...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (America's Past) by Pete Papageorge $22.95
New, Unabridged on 4 CD’s; Shrinkwrapped. Narrated by Pete Papageorge. Narrator: Pete Papageorge is an actor who has appeared in movies such as Hannibal and Tuck Everlasting. He is also a professional musician.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Adamant Media Corporation $15.99
This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1901 edition published in Norwood, Mass.. Booker T. Washington's autobiography Up From Slavery details his journey from childhood slavery to his struggle to attain an education, and finally to his success as an educator (as president of the Tuskegee Institute) and national leader. The work also outlineshis support of vocational training for blacks and...
Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him by Threshold Editions $26.00
IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW GEORGE WASHINGTON, THINK AGAIN.This is the amazing true story of a real-life superhero who wore no cape and possessed no special powers—yet changed the world forever. It’s a story about a man whose life reads as if it were torn from the pages of an action novel: Bullet holes through his clothing. Horses shot out from under him. Unimaginable hardship. Disease. Heroism....
Washington: A Life by Penguin Press HC, The $40.00
From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French...