Product Description: When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the Nazis during World War II. Yet Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1920 for his novel The Growth of the Soil, was and remains one of the most important and influential novelists of his time...read more

Offers a reinterpretation of the Northerners called 'Carpetbaggers,' long considered the most disgraceful element in the Reconstruction period.

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Product Description: Now available for the first time in paperback, "Last Full Measure" is the fourth and final volume of J. G. Randall's monumental "Lincoln the President, a multivolume work considered by many to be indispensable to Lincoln scholars...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Profiles the dancer who broke the mold of traditional choreography and paved the way for other pioneers in modern dance (view table of contents)

Product Description: This work was first published in four volumes in 1945, 1952, and 1955, and is reprinted here in two. The second volume examines Lincoln as a person - his conversation, his personality, his daily tasks, his marriage, his sense of humour - and covers from the period of the Emancipation Proclamation up to the triumph of the Appomattox and his untimely death...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Six essays explore the political, military, economic, social, and diplomatic reasons for the Union victory over the Confederacy

A meticulously researched treatment of a topic seldom examined by historians . . . an excellent and significant contribution to Civil War literature. -- Kirkus Reviews

Describes life in the Confederate South during the years 1861-1865, discussing battles, political leaders, government, the role of Indians, Blacks, and women, literature, education, religion, and music

Product Description: Book by Webster, Daniel

Product Description: This short work details the life and experiences of statesman Daniel Webster and his influence on the American political conservatism of the late-nineteenth century. Born in New England on January 18, 1782, Webster demonstrated startling powers of assimilation and retention even as a child...read more

Product Description: On Dec. 5, 1776, five William and Mary students formed a secret club whose motto -- ''Love of wisdom the guide of life'' -- they represented by the Greek letters PBK. The society quickly increased in members; today, Phi Beta Kappa is America's foremost honor society, the forerunner and prototype of all other such groups as well as all Greek-letter fraternities...read more

Product Description: During World War I, the medium of film took on a worldwide role. Capitalizing on its potential for persuasion, governments made unprecedented use of film to record actual fighting, help train combatants, sway neutral opinion, and make civilians on the home front aware of the need for sacrifice and patriotic commitment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Encapsulating the important political and military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and nonprovocative measures. However, he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for having started it. As events turned out, he was no more the aggressor than was Jefferson Davis. In these pages, Current retraces step by step the influences and events that shaped Lincoln's controversial April policy, beginning with the new president's rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the mobilization for war. The Sumter question, as the author points out, "reflects and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the 'first shot.' It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War, the greatest of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of ordinary puzzles."

Gathers essays about Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, President Grant, the Reconstruction, carpetbaggers, and historical novels

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Product Description: no highlighting, but binding is partly loose from the back cover

Eleven lectures discuss Lincoln's relationship with Daniel Webster and Thadeus Stevens, biases in Lincoln scholarship, Lincoln's handling of the Civil War, and his influence on later presidents

Product Description: This survey aims to balance social and cultural with the political and diplomatic history. It aims to help instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways confident that the text will support both the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study...read more

Product Description: Book by Current, Richard Nelson