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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “k david goss”
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  • Colonial America

    Facts and Fictions

    by K. David Goss, A. A. Grishin ...
    Series series Historical Facts and Fictions
    "Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and eye-opening in major and minor ways, this book will be valuable not only to academics but to all readers." -Library JournalThis book provides the essential, primary documentation needed to clarify, readjust, and, in some cases, destroy the many commonly held myths of America's colonial past.America's past is in many respects misunderstood and distorted. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Documents of the Salem Witch Trials

    by K. David Goss ...
    Series series Eyewitness to History
    Through its extensive use of primary source materials and provision of explanations, this book places readers into the context of late 17th-century Salem to shed light on one of the darkest events in American history—the Salem witch trials.The Salem witch trials are one of the most fascinating events in American history. Despite being commonly covered in school curricula, the nature of the trials ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Daily Life during the Salem Witch Trials

    by K. David Goss ...
    Series series The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
    There are few episodes in American history as interesting and controversial as the Salem Witch Trials. This work provides a revealing analysis of what it was like to live in Massachusetts during that time, creating a nuanced profile of New England Puritans and their culture.What was it like to live in the colony of Massachusetts during the last decade of the 17th century, the decade famed for the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Colonial New England Curiosities

    Remarkable Occurrences, Miracles & Madness

    by Robert A. Geake ...
    "The author of seven previous history books draws a portrait of the hardships and mysteries that were a part of the early settlers' everyday lives" ( CoastalMags.com).The New World was full of unusual occurrences and strange trials for the early colonists of New England. Devastating plagues, violent conflicts with Native Americans, and freak weather ravaged whole communities. When settlers saw an ... Read more

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  • The Barbarous Years

    The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675

    by Bernard Bailyn ...
    **Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA compelling, fresh account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.**The immigrants were a mixed multitude. They came from England, the Netherlands, the German and Italian states, France, Africa, Sweden ... Read more

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  • The Americans: The Colonial Experience

    by Daniel J. Boorstin ...
    Series Book 1 - Americans Series
    Winner of the Bancroft PrizeIn this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • In the Devil's Snare

    The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

    by Mary Beth Norton ...
    Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in thisstartlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Samuel Adams

    A Life

    by Ira Stoll ...
    In this “triumph of learning and understanding” (James Grant, author of John Adams: A Party of One**), the comprehensive biography of Samuel Adams, the moral compass of the American Revolution. Perfect for fans of Walter Isaacson and David McCullough.**Long overlooked, Samuel Adams was, according to Thomas Jefferson, “truly the man of the Revolution.” Now, with eloquence and insight, Ira Stoll ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • American Slavery, American Freedom

    by Edmund S. Morgan ...
    "Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."—New York Times Book Review"If it is possible to understand the American paradox, the marriage of slavery and freedom, Virginia is surely the place to begin," writes Edmund S. Morgan in American Slavery, American Freedom, a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the key to this central paradox in the people and politics ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Fearless Benjamin Lay

    The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

    by Marcus Rediker ...
    The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of lifeIn The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his ... Read more

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  • New England Bound

    Slavery and Colonization in Early America

    by Wendy Warren ...
    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in HistoryA New York Times Notable BookA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SelectionA Providence Journal Best Book of the YearWinner of the Organization of American Historians Merle Curti Award for Social HistoryFinalist for the Harriet Tubman PrizeFinalist for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize"This book is an original achievem... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Between Two Worlds

    How the English Became Americans

    by Malcolm Gaskill ...
    In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants -- entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike -- faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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