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  • Fifty-Nine in '84

    Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, & the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had

    de Edward Achorn ...
    Fifty-nine in '84 is award–winning journalist Edward Achorn's riveting history of late nineteenth century baseball and the era's most legendary pitcher.In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games—more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series.Fifty ... Leer más

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  • Every Drop of Blood

    The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

    de Edward Achorn ...
    This vividly rendered Civil War history presents "a lively guided tour of Washington during the 24 hours or so around Lincoln's swearing-in" (Adam Goodheart, Washington Post).By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had left intractable wounds on the nation. Tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds that day to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term—and witness what was perhaps ... Leer más

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  • The Summer of Beer and Whiskey

    How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game

    de Edward Achorn ...
    Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life's savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important -- and funniest -- figures in the game's history.Von der Ahe picked up the team for one reason -- to sell more beer. Then he helped gather a group of ragtag ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Lincoln Alone

    The Courage That Saved a Nation

    de Edward Achorn ...

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    13 hora 30 minutos

    From award-winning Lincoln expert Edward Achorn, the vivid, behind-the-scenes story of one of the most consequential periods in American history—Abraham Lincoln’s first 120 days as presidentNo American president has ever taken office at a moment of crisis such as Abraham Lincoln faced when sworn in on March 4, 1861. Seven southern states had seceded to form the Confederacy. The U.S. government was ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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    Statesmen at War

    "With penetrating insight, Lehrman unfolds the contrasts and similarities between these two leaders . . . I savored every page of this magnificent work."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnWinner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute of Washington's 2019 book prizeLewis E. Lehrman, a renowned historian and National ... Leer más

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  • The Craft

    How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

    de John Dickie ...
    Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon ... Leer más

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  • The Roman Barbarian Wars

    The Era of Roman Conquest

    "A great book that summarizes pieces of Roman military history that are often not mentioned or difficult to find sources for . . . an entertaining read."— War History OnlineAs Rome grew from a small city state to the mightiest empire of the west, her dominion was contested not only by the civilizations of the Mediterranean, but also by the "barbarians"—the tribal peoples of Europe. The Celtic, the ... Leer más

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  • To the Gates of Richmond

    The Peninsula Campaign

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  • At the Highest Levels

    The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War

    The landmark story of Bush-Gorbachev diplomacy: "No one has ever given as complete and compelling an account of the higher reaches of foreign policy" ( Time).December 1989. The Berlin Wall had fallen. Millions across the Eastern Bloc were enjoying new freedoms. And the USSR was falling apart. But the peaceful end of the Cold War was far from assured, requiring the leaders of rival superpowers to ... Leer más

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  • 100 Hieroglyphs

    Think Like an Egyptian

    de Barry Kemp ...
    "Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians."—Sarah Parcak, National GeographicEgyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the ... Leer más

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  • The Hour of Peril

    The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

    "It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." — Harlan CobenDaniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War in THE HOUR OF PERIL.In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, ... Leer más

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  • Wagons West

    The Epic Story of America's Overland Trails

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    An acclaimed historian's "compellingly told" year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century ( The Guardian).In all the sagas of human migration, few can top the drama of the journey by Midwestern farmers to Oregon and California from 1840 to 1849—between the era of the fur trappers and the beginning of the gold rush. Even with mountain men ... Leer más

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