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Provides a close-up, illustrated study of a pivotal year in American and world history, as a group of American patriots draws up a Declaration of Independence and a military force, under the leadership of George Washington, embarks on a quest for freedom.
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9780785807247, titled "1776 Year of Illusions" | Book Sales, August 1, 1996, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Narrates the events of 1776 with emphasis upon the generally overlooked negative aspects of the American nationalistic spirit and of the military efforts of both sides
9780393055429 | W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1975, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Narrates the events of 1776 with emphasis upon the generally overlooked negative aspects of the American nationalistic spirit and of the military efforts of both sides

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9780405093364 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1976, cover price $34.95

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Follows the exploits of cadets and officers at West Point where graduates fought on both sides of the battle lines during the Civil War
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9780802767400 | Walker & Co, February 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Follows the exploits of cadets and officers at West Point where graduates fought on both sides of the battle lines during the Civil War

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9780802767417 | Walker & Co, January 1, 1988, cover price $14.85 | About this edition: Follows the exploits of cadets and officers at West Point where graduates fought on both sides of the battle lines during the Civil War

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A high-energy chronicle of the climactic American Revolution battle draws on firsthand accounts by such figures as George Washington, Lord Cornwallis, and Ebenezer Denny, describing such factors as the Virginia port city siege and Congress's embarrassment over Washington's victory. Reprint.
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9781596873803 | Reprint edition (Ibooks, March 30, 2010), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A high-energy chronicle of the climactic American Revolution battle draws on firsthand accounts by such figures as George Washington, Lord Cornwallis, and Ebenezer Denny, describing such factors as the Virginia port city siege and Congress's embarrassment over Washington's victory.

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Surveys the history of American newspapers and how reporting techniques and perceptions have changed over the years.
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9780802768902 | Walker & Co, October 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Looks at the history of American newspapers, and describes influential publishers

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9780802768919 | Walker & Co, October 1, 1989, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Looks at the history of American newspapers, and describes influential publishers

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In a story that spans the twentieth century, airplane visionary Frank Buchanan and New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness form a precarious alliance to further flight technology and find themselves in the thick of corrupt plane makers and politicians. Reprint.
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9780765303226 | Forge, January 1, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: In a story that spans the twentieth century, airplane visionary Frank Buchanan and New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness form an alliance to further flight technology and find themselves among corrupt plane makers and politicians.

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9780765342171 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, May 1, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: In a story that spans the twentieth century, airplane visionary Frank Buchanan and New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness form a precarious alliance to further flight technology and find themselves in the thick of corrupt plane makers and politicians.

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Product Description: Recounts the story behind the defeat, of the British forces under Banastre Tarleton by Daniel Morgan's rebels, that helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South. The battlefield, a pasture in North Carolina, is now part of the National Park System...read more
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9780160035517 | United States Government Printing, June 1, 1988, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: Recounts the story behind the defeat, of the British forces under Banastre Tarleton by Daniel Morgan's rebels, that helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South.

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9780912627335 | Natl Park Service, August 1, 1988, cover price $9.50

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A stirring, action-packed novel of the American Revolution follows American and British agents as they clash during the most critical period of the conflict, and two very different men become embroiled with British spymaster Walter Beckford and the beautiful, mysterious Flora Kuyper. Reprint.
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9780312877439 | Forge, December 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A novel of the American Revolution follows American and British agents as they clash during the most critical period of the conflict and two very different men become embroiled with British spymaster Walter Beckford and the beautiful, mysterious Flora Kuyper.

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9780812580389 | Forge, February 1, 2002, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A novel of the American Revolution follows American and British agents as they clash during the most critical period of the conflict and two very different men become embroiled with British spymaster Walter Beckford and the beautiful, mysterious Flora Kuyper.
9780446806558 | Grand Central Pub, May 1, 1983, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Caleb Chandler, an American preacher and patriot, falls in love with Flora Kuyper, unaware that she is a British spy

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Describes the events that led up to the fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, offers profiles of each man, and recounts Jefferson's attempts to ruin Burr after Hamilton's death. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780465017362 | Perseus Books, September 1, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Describes the events that led up to the fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, offers profiles of each man, and recounts Jefferson's attempts to ruin Burr after Hamilton's death

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9780465017379, titled "Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America" | Basic Books, September 4, 2000, cover price $18.50 | About this edition: Describes the events that led up to the fatal duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, offers profiles of each man, and recounts Jefferson's attempts to ruin Burr after Hamilton's death.

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Providing stories of courage and heroism from the Revolution, an informative tale provides a look at the multicultural and multiethnic participants, such as African Americans, Native Americans, and Jews, who played a role in securing freedom for the land they loved.
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9780439634045 | 1 edition (Scholastic, September 1, 2006), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A history of the American Revolution, focusing on the roles played by women and various other ethnic groups.

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A biography of the surveyor, militia major, and aide to the British General Braddock who became leader of the American forces during the Revolution and first president of the new nation.
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9780802708090 | Reissue edition (Walker & Co, September 1, 1984), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A biography of the surveyor, militia major, and aide to the British General Braddock who became leader of the American forces during the Revolution and first President of the new nation.

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9781559050999 | Large print edition (Grey Castle Pr, January 1, 1994), cover price $42.01 | About this edition: A biography of the surveyor, militia major, and aide to the British General Braddock who became leader of the American forces during the Revolution and first president of the new nation.

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A biography of the thirty-third president of the United States
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9780802782670 | Walker & Co, November 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A biography of the thirty-third president of the United States

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9780802782694 | Walker & Co, November 1, 1993, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A biography of the thirty-third president of the United States

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A volatile mixture forms in the town of Paradise City, New Jersey, when members of the Irish Republican Army smuggle missiles to shore, causing conflict with the Irish community, fueled by a British agent posing as a priest. Reprint.
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9780312867812 | Forge, November 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A volatile mixture forms in the town of Paradise City, New Jersey, when members of the Irish Republican Army smuggle missiles to shore, causing conflict with the Irish American community, fueled by a British agent posing as a priest

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9780812566772 | Forge, January 1, 2001, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A volatile mixture forms in the town of Paradise City, New Jersey, when members of the Irish Republican Army smuggle missiles to shore, causing conflict with the Irish community, fueled by a British agent posing as a priest.

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Product Description: Best-selling historian Thomas Fleming gives a scathing new look at President Woodrow Wilson's handling--and mishandling--of "the war to end all wars." In this sweeping historical canvas, Thomas Fleming undertakes nothing less than a drastic revision of our experience in World War I...read more
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9780465024674 | Basic Books, May 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An examination of Woodrow Wilson's contributions to World War I profiles the president as a man of complex and contradictory agendas, citing his regret over the declaration of war and his inability to ratify U.

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9780465024698 | Basic Books, May 25, 2004, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Best-selling historian Thomas Fleming gives a scathing new look at President Woodrow Wilson's handling--and mishandling--of "the war to end all wars.

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Product Description: A compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming examines the women who were at the center of the lives of the founding fathers. From...read more
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9780061139123 | 1 edition (Smithsonian Books, November 3, 2009), cover price $27.99 | About this edition: A compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming examines the women who were at the center of the lives of the founding fathers.

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9780385044202 | Doubleday, April 1, 1976, cover price $10.00

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A companion to the PBS series to be broadcast beginning in October 1997, a chronicle and analysis of the American Revolution documents twenty-five years of debate, rebellion, war, and peace and includes three hundred color illustrations. 85,000 first printing. BOMC, History, & QPB Main. TV tie-in. (view table of contents)
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9780670870219 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1997, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A chronicle and analysis of the American Revolution documents years of debate, rebellion, war, and peace

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9780819217424 | Morehouse Pub Co, January 1, 1999, cover price $17.95

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A notable historian reveals how the United States doubled its size through the Louisiana Purchase, ending the French colonial interference in the region and sparking the rise of Manifest Destiny on the continent. (view table of contents)
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9780471267386 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, June 26, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A notable historian reveals how the United States doubled its size through the Louisiana Purchase, ending the French colonial interference in the region and sparking the rise of Manifest Destiny on the continent.

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Throughout Europe, people and their countries struggle against the Nazis, including the wife of a German submarine commander, an American Naval Intelligence officer, and his wife, an influential journalist. Reprint. NYT.
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9780061090523 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Assigned to Spain as an intelligence officer, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Talbot meets a beautiful, idealistic member of the German Anti-Nazi movement and falls into a web of espionage

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Assigned to Spain as an intelligence officer, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Talbot meets a beautiful, idealistic member of the German anti-Nazi movement and falls into a web of espionage. By the author of Time and Tide. $30,000 ad/promo.
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9780060177096 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1994, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Assigned to Spain as an intelligence officer, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Talbot meets a beautiful, idealistic member of the German Anti-Nazi movement and falls into a web of espionage

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Product Description: A son comes of age in a fiercely political world "Thomas Fleming gives us an unforgettable story about an immigrant family--his family--as it struggles to find a place in the American century. He shares with us the dreams and heartaches of his parents, and, in the end, he reminds us of the mysterious and forgiving power of love...read more
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9780471655152 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, April 6, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A son comes of age in a fiercely political world "Thomas Fleming gives us an unforgettable story about an immigrant family--his family--as it struggles to find a place in the American century.

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A critical portrait of FDR and New Deal leadership during the second World War identifies political missteps, from the leak about the Rainbow Plan to the president's pre-war diplomacy with Japan, citing the consequences of FDR's insistence on 'unconditional surrender' for Germany and his alliance with the Soviets. Reprint.
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9780465024650 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, June 5, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A critical portrait of FDR and New Deal leadership during the second World War identifies political missteps, from the leak about the Rainbow Plan to the president's pre-war diplomacy with Japan, citing the consequences of FDR's insistence on 'unconditional surrender' for Germany and his alliance with the Soviets.

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A controversial new take on World War II argues that FDR was hardly the master war strategist but rather a bungler who was beset by challenges from within his own circle and made serious mistakes. (view table of contents)
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9780465024643 | Basic Books, April 1, 2001, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Argues that FDR was not a master war strategist, but rather a bungler who was beset by challenges within his own circle and who made serious errors in judgement during the war.

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