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Sea Captain's Wife : A True Story Of Love Race And War In The Nineteenth Century
by Hodes Martha
$15.95
History - U.S. - 19th Century
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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

This is "small history" at its best; the kind of work that explores and illuminates major historical questions by telling a tightly focused story about an "ordinary" person doing her best to make her life endurable in the face of conditions over which she has very little control. Eunice Connolly, a poor white New Englander, came of age on the eve of the Civil War. Her first marriage provided little if any love... read more>>>

For Liberty And Glory : Washington Lafayette And Their Revolutions
by Gaines James
$29.95
History - Military - Revolutionary War
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Even avid readers of the American Revolution know far too little about the remarkable Marquis de Lafayette except that he was young and enthusiastic, that Washington's fondness suggests something like a father-son relationship, and that he certainly has a lot of "things" named for him all across our country. That Lafayette was both a genuine hero and at times a critical actor during the war is frequently overlo... read more>>>

Sea Venture : Shipwreck Survival And The Salvation Of Jamestown
by Doherty, Kieran
$15.95
History - U.S. - Colonial
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Swiss Family Robinson meets Lord of the Flies...and why did Shakespeare write The Tempest? A thoroughly enjoyable (and very well researched) entree into the always precarious, often violent, and even grisly early years of the Jamestown colony. For readers that crave excitement the story is a page turner. For history students who either are, or are not, familiar with the founding of Virginia there is fascina... read more>>>

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