American History

American History

A History Of the American People-Paul Johnson

American's Constitution-A Biography-Akhil Reed Amar Done
America's Unwritten Constitution-Akhil Reed Amar

Amar on the Constitution-online

Approaching Democracy: A New Legal Order for Eastern Europe
SOME NEW WORLD LESSONS FOR THE OLD WORLD

THE DAVID C. BAUM LECTURE:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN UNION

KENTUCKY AND THE CONSTITUTION:
LESSONS FROM THE 1790S FOR THE 1990S

OF SOVEREIGNTY AND FEDERALISM

Liberty, Order, and Justice-An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles
of American Government-James McClellan

States Rights and the Union-Imperium in Imperio 1776-1876-Forrest McDonald Done

The Debate on the Constitution-Part 1: September 1787 to February 1788 Reading

The Debate on the Constitution-Part 2: January to August 1788

Original Meanings-Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution-Jack N. Rakove Done

Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Common Sense, and other Political Writings Oxford World's Classics

Democracy in America-Alexis de Tocqueville-Translated by Henry Reeves

The Prince by Miccolo Machiavelli (translated by W.K.Marriott)

Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration-John Locke Done

Leviathan-Thomas Hobbes Done

Basic Policical Writings-Jean-Jacques Rousseau Done

Empire and Nation-Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania -John Dickinson
Letters from The Federal Farmer-Richard Henry Lee
2nd edition, edited by Forrest McDonald Done

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay-The Federalist Papers

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
edited by Ralph Ketcham

Decision in Philadelphia-The Constitutional Convention of 1787-
Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier Done

A Brilliant Solution-Inventing the American Constitution-Carol Berkin Done

Plain, Honest Men-The Making of the American Constitution-Richard Beeman Done

Revolutionaries-A New History of The Invention of America-Jack Rakove

Dark Bargain-Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution-Lawrence Goldstone

The American Republic-Primary Sources-Edited by Bruce Frohnen

Liberty and Order-The First American Party Struggle-edited by Lance Banning

E Pluribus Unum-The Formation of the American Republic 1776-1790-Forrest McDonald Done

Novus Ordo Seclorum The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution-Forrest McDonald Done

The Webster-Hayne Debate on the Nature of the Union-Selected Documents Edited by Herman Belz Done

His Excellency George Washington-Joseph J. Ellis Done

Washington-A Life-Ron Chernow

"Mr. President" George Washinton and the making of the Presidency-Harlow Giles Unger

Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause-Land, Farmers, Slavery and the Louisiana Purchase-Roger G. Kennedy

"Negro President" Jefferson and the Slave Powers-Garry Wills Done

What Kind of Nation-Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall And the Epic Struggle to Create a United States-James F. Simon Done

Affairs of Honor-National Politics in the New Republic-Jeanne B. Freeman

Adams vs Jefferson-The Tumultuous Election of 1800, John Ferling Done

Origins of the Bill of Rights-Leonard W. Levy

The Bill Of Rights Akhil Reed Amar

The Bill of Rights and the States-The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins
of American Liberties, edited by Patrick T. Conley and John P. Kaninski

James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights, Richard Labunski

The Great Decision-Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court-Cliff Sloan and David McKean new

The Amendment That Refused to Die-Equality and Justice Deferred-A History of the Fourteenth Amendment-Howard N.Meyer (Updated Edition)

The American Revolution-A History-Gordon S. Wood Done

The History of the American Revolution-David Ramsay,
edited by Lester H. Cohen, in 2 Vols. Vol 1.& 2. Done

Faces of Revolution-Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence-Bernard Bailyn

A People's History of the American Revolution-How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence-Ray Raphael

Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791-Richard D. Brown

The Minutemen and Their World-Robert A. Cross

Patriot Pirates-The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution-Robert H.Patton

Empire of Liberty-History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815(Vol. 2 of the Oxford History)Gordon S. Wood

Radicalism of the American Revolution-Gordon S. Wood

1776-David McCullough Done

Nathanael Greene-Gerald M. Carbone Done

Through A Howling Wilderness-Thomas A. Desjardon

The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony-American War for Liberation of Canada-1774-1776-Mark Anderson

John the Painter-Terrorist of the American Revolution-Jessical Warner

The Divided Ground- Indians, Settlers, and the North American Borderland of the American Revolution-
Alan Taylor

American Creation-Triumphs and Tragedies At the Founding of the Republic
Joseph J. Ellis Done

The Perils of Peace-America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown-Thomas Fleming

The Rise of American Democracy-Jefferson to Lincoln-Sean Wilentz

The First American-The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin-H. W. Brands Done

John Adams-David McCulloughm Done

Abigail Adams-A Life-Woody Holton

Samual Adams-A Life- Ira Stoll

Alexander Hamilton-American--Richard Brookhiser

James Madison- The Founding Father-Robert Allen Rutland Done

James Madison-A Biography--Ralph Ketcham Done

James Madison and the Making of America-Kevin R.C. Gutzman

Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War-America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence-Hugh Howard

Henry Adams and the Making of American-Garry Wills Done

John Hancock-Merchant King and American Patriot, Harrold Giles Unger Done

John Jay-Walter Stahr Done

George Mason-Forgotten Founder Broadwater, Jeff

A Call to the Sea-Captain Charles Stewart of the U.S.S. Constitution
Claude Berube and John Rodgaard Done

Not Just Wives-Women of Colonial Philadelphia-Karin Wulf

Women's Voices-Documents in Early American History
Edited by Carol Berkin & Leslie Horowitz

The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers-Thomas Fleming

Liberty's Daughters-The Revolutionary Experience of American Women 1750-1800
Mary Beth Norton Done

The Americans-The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin

The Men Who United the States-Simon Winchester

The Whiskey Rebellion-George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the frontier
Rebels who challenged America's new found Sovereignty, William Hogeland Done

Loosening the Bonds Mid-Atlantic Farm Women 1750-1850
Joan M. Jensen

Neither Lady Nor Slave-Working Women of the Old South- Done
edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie

The French and Indian War-Deciding the Fate of North America-Walter R. Borneman Done

1812 The War That Forged a Nation-Walter R. Borneman

The War of 1812-A Forgotten Conflict-Donald R. Hickey Done

1812 War With America-John Latimer (The British Perspective)

Liberty and Power-The Politics of Jacksonian America-Harry L. Watson Done

Witnessing America-Library of Congress Book of Firsthand Accounts of Life in America 1600-1900-Compiled and Edited by Noel Rae Done

Celia, A Slave-Melton A. McLaurin Done

Denmark Vesey-The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led
It -David Robertson Done

Nat Turner-A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory-edited by Kenneth Greenburg
(A companion to the PBS Documentary film, Nat Turner--A Troublesome Property. Done

Fugitive Slave in the Gold Rush-Life and Adventures of James Williams-James Willians Done

The Lost German Slave Girl-John Bailey Done

Sins of the Fathers- The Atlantic Slave Traders-1441-1807-James Pope-Hennesy Done

Modern Medea-Steven Weisenburger Done

Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey-Lillian Schlissel Done

Faith and Betrayal-A Pioneer Woman's Passage in the American West (1851-1883)
Sally Denton

Bold Spirit , Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian American
Linda Lawrence Hunt
A mother and daughter walk, from Washington State to New York City in 1896, to try and win a prize of $10,000 to save her family's farm. Done

My Ever Dear Charlie-Letters Home from the Dakota Territory, The Draper Family Trust. Done

The Tide of Empire-America's March To The Pacific-Michael Golay Done

Engines Of Change-The American Industrial Revolution 1790-1860-Brooke Hindle/Steven Lubar

Brutal Journey-The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America-Paul Schneider Done

Men with Sand-Great Explorers of the North American West-John Moring Done

The Oregon Trail-Frances Parkman, with an introduction by John P. Langellier Done

The Age of Gold-The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream, H.W. Brands Done

Nothing Else Like it In The World-
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad-1863-1869- Stephen E. Ambrose Done

The Path Between the Seas-The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
David McCullough Done

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 A.T.Mahan

Decision At Sea-Five Navel Battles That Shaped American History-Graig L. Symonds

Autobiography of Mark Twain Vol 1-edited by Harriet Elinor Smith Washington-A Life-Ron Chernow

Elizabeth Cady Stanton-A Radical for Women's Rights-Lois W. Banner

The Orphan Trains-Placing Out in America Marilyn Irvin Holt

Bareback-One Man's Journey Along the Pony Express Trail Jerry Ellis

Destiny of the Republic-A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President-Candice Millard

The Imperial Cruise-A Secret History of Empire-James Bradley

The Bully Pulpit-Roosevelt, Taft and Golden Age of Journalism-Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Wrath of Cochise-The Bascom Affair and the Orgins of the Apache Wars-Terry Wort

Iroquois-People of the Long House-Michael G. Johnson

Wyatt Earp-A Vigilante Life-Andrew C. Isenberg

Shot All To Hell-Jesse James, The Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape-Mark Lee Gardner

UnBroken-A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption-Laura Hillenbrand

The Liberators-America's Witness to the Holocaust - Michael Hirsh

Whirlwind-The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945-Barrett Tillman

Eisenhower-The White House Years-Jim Newton

Updated 3-7-14

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