History - American

From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

James Longstreet

From the outset, this work presents itself as a veteran’s account of the Confederate war effort, framed by…

The Jew and American Ideals

John Spargo

The work is a polemical tract that frames itself as a personal rebuttal to Henry Ford’s anti‑Jewish campaign,…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives

United States. Work Projects Administration

Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

William Bartram

William Bartram’s work is a sprawling travelogue that records his journeys through the southern colonies of…

The United States Constitution

United States

The work is the foundational legal document of the United States, drafted by the nation’s founders and…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

The work is Benjamin Franklin’s own autobiography, a self‑written portrait of a man who rose from a modest…

English and American tool builders

Joseph Wickham Roe

The book is a scholarly survey of the people who created the machines that make other machines, focusing on…

Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati

Warren Crocker Herrick

This work is a biographical tribute to Frank Howard Nelson, the long‑time rector of Christ Church in…

The War with Mexico, Volume 2 (of 2)

Justin Harvey Smith

The War with Mexico, Volume 2 is a scholarly historical work by Justin Harvey Smith, a former professor of…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2 (of 5) The Inchon-Seoul Operation

United States. Marine Corps; Canzona, Nicholas A.; Montross, Lynn

The volume is a detailed official history of the United States Marine Corps’ role in the Inchon‑Seoul…

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Volume 5, Number 5 (May 1864) is a mid‑Civil‑War periodical that blends literary…

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923

Various

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8 (1923) is a scholarly periodical produced by the Association for the…

Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas

R. J. Creswell

Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas is a biographical survey of missionary…

A History of American Literature Since 1870

Fred Lewis Pattee

Fred Lewis Pattee’s work is a scholarly survey of American literary development from the post‑Civil War era…

The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Volume 6, Number 5 (November 1864) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends…

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848

George T. Flom

George T. Flom’s work is a scholarly survey of Norwegian migration to the United States, concentrating on the…

Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French Mexican War; War between the States, a Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, etc.

Samuel Gibbs French

Samuel G. French’s “Two Wars” is a sprawling autobiographical memoir that stitches together his experiences…

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm

Frederick Brückbauer

The Kirk on Rutgers Farm is a historical chronicle that weaves together the story of a New York church…

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee is a sprawling memoir that blends personal correspondence…

History of the Jews in America From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time

Peter Wiernik

Peter Wiernik’s History of the Jews in America is a sweeping survey that traces Jewish presence from the…

The Life of John Marshall, Volume 2: Politician, diplomatist, statesman, 1789-1801

Albert J. Beveridge

The volume is a scholarly biography of John Marshall, the future Chief Justice, covering the turbulent years…

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, dated August 1864, is a mid‑nineteenth‑century periodical that blends…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

Various

This volume of The Atlantic Monthly gathers a series of essays that examine how the American Civil War was…

History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

Robert B. Shaw

The work is a scholarly history of the W.H. Comstock Company, the rural New York manufacturer best known for…