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  • The General and Mrs. Washington

    The Untold Story of a Marriage and a Revolution

    Here is the story of the fateful marriage of the richest woman in Virginia and the man who could have been king. In telling their story, Chadwick explains not only their remarkable devotion to each other, but why the wealthiest couple in Virginia became revolutionaries who risked the loss of their vast estates and their very lives."One of George Washington's secret weapons in his rise to power and ... Leer más

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  • The Reel Civil War

    Mythmaking in American Film

    During the late nineteenth century, magazines, newspapers, novelists, and even historians presented a revised version of the Civil War that, intending to reconcile the former foes, downplayed the issues of slavery and racial injustice, and often promoted and reinforced the worst racial stereotypes. The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into ... Leer más

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  • Gettysburg

    The Tide Turns: An Oral History

    The definitive oral history of the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War that combines vivid first-hand accounts with rich historical narrative.In late June of 1863, one month after his victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, head of the Army of Northern Virginia, invaded the North. He would cross the Potomac River and head towards Harrisburg, ... Leer más

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  • The Creole Rebellion

    The Most Successful Slave Revolt in American History

    The Creole Rebellion tells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. En route for a New Orleans slave-auction block in November 1841, nineteen captives mutinied, killing one man and injuring several others. After taking control of the vessel, mutineer Madison Washington forced the crewmen to sail to the Bahamas. Despite much local hysteria upon their arrival, all ... Leer más

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  • The First American Army

    The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's First Fight for Freedom

    This is the first book that offers a you-are-there look at the American Revolution through the eyes of the enlisted men. Through searing portraits of individual soldiers, Bruce Chadwick, author of George Washington's War, brings alive what it was like to serve then in the American army.With interlocking stories of ordinary Americans, he evokes what it meant to face brutal winters, starvation, ... Leer más

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  • James and Dolley Madison

    America's First Power Couple

    This revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison introduces the reader to America's first power couple. Using recently uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, among other sources, historian Bruce Chadwickhas been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Chadwick argues that Madison was not a boring, average president, as other ... Leer más

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  • Law & Disorder

    The Chaotic Birth of the NYPD

    Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless place where the crime rate was triple what it is today and the murder rate was five or six times as high. The staggering amount of crime threatened to topple a city that was experiencing meteoric growth ... Leer más

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  • The Cannons Roar

    Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War—An Oral History

    The first-ever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating historical narrative with intense first-hand accounts.On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning the bloodiest conflict in American history. Since that time numerous historians have described the attack in many well-regarded books, yet the event still remains overlooked ... Leer más

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  • I Am Murdered

    George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation

    "A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation's most influential state."—Publishers WeeklyGeorge Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home. Doubled over in agony, he stumbled to the kitchen in search of help. There he found his maid, Lydia Broadnax, and his ... Leer más

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    The Cannons Roar

    Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War—An Oral History

    Narrado por David Stifel ...

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    10 hora 10 minutos

    On April 12, 1861, Confederate troops began firing on Fort Sumter, beginning the bloodiest conflict in American history. Since that time numerous historians have described the attack in many well-regarded books, yet the event still remains overlooked at times in the minds of the public.The Cannons Roar seeks to remedy that. Rather than providing a third-person, after-the-fact description, ... Leer más

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    The Creole Rebellion

    The Most Successful Slave Revolt in American History

    Narrado por Rick Adamson ...

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    9 hora 53 minutos

    The Creole Rebellion tells the suspenseful story of a successful mutiny on board the slave ship Creole. En route for a New Orleans slave-auction block in November 1841, nineteen captives mutinied, killing one man and injuring several others. After taking control of the vessel, mutineer Madison Washington forced the crewmen to sail to the Bahamas. Despite much local hysteria upon their arrival, all ... Leer más

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  • Decisionmaking in a Glass House

    Mass Media, Public Opinion, and American and European Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

    No longer preoccupied with the East-West divide, contemporary foreign policymakers now have to confront regional conflicts, peace-enforcing and humanitarian missions, and a host of other global problems and issues in areas such as trade, health, and the environment. During the Cold War a widely-shared consensus on national interest and security in the United States and western Europe affected news ... Leer más

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