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Products in American History |  | |  | Abraham Lincoln
by Lord Charnwood
The stranger-than-fiction story of a self-taught backwoods lawyer's transformation into the savior of a nation. Well-researched, engaging biography, written in 1917 by an Englishman, was one of the first major works on Lincoln.
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|  | The American Family in the Colonial Period
by Arthur W. Calhoun
This complete, fundamental, and authoritative classic — the result of years of research, analysis, and thought — describes the American family as a product of many factors, among them, the distinctive environment: a virgin continent.
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|  | Autobiography of Mother Jones
by Mary Harris Jones, Clarence Darrow, Mary Field Parton
This important addition to labor and feminist literature speaks tirelessly and effectively on behalf of workers' rights and unions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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|  | Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography
by W. F. Cody
Thrilling yarns of buffalo hunts, Indian life, and riding with the Pony Express abound in this exciting memoir of life in the Old West. Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.
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|  | The Colonial Craftsman
by Carl Bridenbaugh
Excellent study examines lives and work of American cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, blacksmiths, and many other artisans, before 1775. "A fascinating study." — The New Yorker. 18 illustrations.
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| | |  | The People Called Shakers
by Edward D. Andrews
Definitive study provides detailed coverage of origins, ideology, industry and art, mode of worship, internal organization of communities. Author's reliance on original manuscript material make this study especially useful. 33 illustrations.
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|  | Spies of the Confederacy
by John Bakeless
A fascinating and well-documented account of the true-life exploits of famous and obscure Southern spies who served the Southern cause. Essential reading for Civil War buffs, American History students, and spy story aficionados.
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|  | The Union Reader: As the North Saw the War
by Richard B. Harwell
Rich anthology of documents by Northerners who lived through the war and were often firsthand participants. Soldiers' letters home, prison narratives, much more. 12 historic illustrations.
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|  | Utopian Communities in America, 1680-1880
by Mark Holloway
Fascinating accounts of the most important and typical American utopian communities include surveys of beliefs and daily life in Shaker, New Harmony, and Brook Farm; the Fourieristic phalanxes; and the Oneida settlements.
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