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Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the 19th-Century United States
Laura F. Edwards explains how textiles tell a story of ordinary people and how they made use of their material goods' economic and legal value in the 19th century.
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Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution
Mary Sarah Bilder looks to the 1780s—the age of the Constitution—to investigate the rise of a radical new idea in the English-speaking world: female genius.
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
"The First Kennedys" is the story of the first American Kennedys, Patrick and Bridget, who arrived as many thousands of others did following the Great Famine, and launched the Kennedy dynasty in America.
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A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House
Jonathan W. White presents the story of how President Abraham Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House and why that transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States.
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His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation
Author Diana Schaub gives an expert analysis of Abraham Lincoln's three most powerful speeches: the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and the Second Inaugural.
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FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon
In "FDR in American Memory," author Sara Polak analyzes Roosevelt as a cultural icon in American memory, one who carefully and intentionally built his public image.
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George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father
David O. Stewart presents a fascinating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America.
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Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
David McKean's "Watching Darkness Fall" recounts the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the road to war from the perspective of four American diplomats in Europe who witnessed it firsthand.
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The Shattering: America in the 1960s
Covering the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Kevin Boyle’s new book, The Shattering, focuses on the period’s fierce conflicts—the civil rights movement, rising Black nationalism, busing, and the Vietnam War.
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Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South
On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million people of color, including over 250,000 in the South, were free.