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A Leatherstocking Companion, Novels and Narratives As History

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to provide background information for The Leatherstocking Series of novel written by James Fenimore Cooper. The work include biographical information about the author, his place of residence and his social position...read more

By James M. Volo

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9781517282448 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 9, 2015, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: The purpose of this book is to provide background information for The Leatherstocking Series of novel written by James Fenimore Cooper.

Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion: Religion in the Civil War Era

Product Description: There were many roles assigned to religion by the faithful during the long sweep of American history. During the Civil War, the God of the Old Testament seemed at times to be a war with the God of the New! The God-fearing and the god-less seemed to be recruiting battalions for a culture war...read more

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9781508686453 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 2, 2015, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: There were many roles assigned to religion by the faithful during the long sweep of American history.

An Encyclopedia of Valentine's Day Traditions, Tales, and Trivia from a to Z

By James M. Volo

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9781508437062 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 10, 2015, cover price $35.00

To Starve, Die & Be Damned: The Delaware Blues of the American Revolution 1776-1783

Product Description: This book is about the Delaware Blues and their indefatigable officers, particularly Peter Jaquett and Robert Kirkwood. These soldier-comrades from Delaware—the only Continental Regulars to serve from their state—earned unrestrained praise for steadfastness and valor...read more

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9781503127166 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 8, 2014, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: This book is about the Delaware Blues and their indefatigable officers, particularly Peter Jaquett and Robert Kirkwood.

The Right Form of War: 101 Facts About the Roman Legions

Product Description: âGo tell the Romans that it is the will of heaven that my Rome should be the head of all the world. Let them henceforth cultivate the arts of war, and let them know assuredly, and hand down the knowledge to posterity, that no human might can withstand the arms of Rome...read more

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9781502476340 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 25, 2014, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: âGo tell the Romans that it is the will of heaven that my Rome should be the head of all the world.

St. Patrick's Day, Traditions, Tales, and Trivia

By James M. Volo

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9781497370777 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 23, 2014, cover price $17.99

From Whence the Silver, the Role of Money in Colonial America

Product Description: Historians have written much about the issues between Britain and its American colonies in the critical period between 1763 and 1776. Understandably, they have concentrated upon those areas where the conflict was most dramatic such as at the Boston Massacre, Lexington Green, and Concord Bridge...read more

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9781495967368 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 16, 2014, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Historians have written much about the issues between Britain and its American colonies in the critical period between 1763 and 1776.

Antebellum America, Cultural Connections Through History 1820-1860

Product Description: A Civilization Gone with the Wind Amid all the printerâs ink and historical speculation, the Antebellum Period (approx. 1820-1860) has largely been ignored until recently. The Antebellum often gets lost between its better-documented Federalist and Victorian âbookends...read more

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9781495484735 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 10, 2014, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A Civilization Gone with the Wind Amid all the printerâs ink and historical speculation, the Antebellum Period (approx.

Railroad Raiders of the Civil War

Product Description: About Railroad Raiders The focus of this selection concerns both the Federal and Confederate efforts to disable or maintain the railroads within the active theaters of the war. Real railroads of iron and steam and ribbons of steel vanishing into the horizon quickly became a strategic objective of both armies in the Civil War...read more

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9781494312503 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 30, 2013, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: About Railroad Raiders The focus of this selection concerns both the Federal and Confederate efforts to disable or maintain the railroads within the active theaters of the war.

Custer's Civil War Cavalry: Forged by Fire, United by Will

Product Description: In spite of hardships and privations, the Confederate cavalry had excellent morale throughout the war. The mud, the cold, the hunger, the wet bivouacs, the brutally long marches, did not appear to detract from the glamour of its service...read more

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9781492865414 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 1, 2013, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: In spite of hardships and privations, the Confederate cavalry had excellent morale throughout the war.

Soldiers of the Press: Civil War Journalism, 1861-1865

Product Description: The Civil War involved the entire population in a way paralleled by no other conflict since the Revolution. Photographs of war dead and almost instantaneous reports from the front by telegraph made the war years difficult for both parents and children...read more

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9781492193081 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 20, 2013, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The Civil War involved the entire population in a way paralleled by no other conflict since the Revolution.

Slow but Deadly: The Dive-bombers of World War II

Product Description: The theme of this book is the exploration of the theory and practice of dive-bombing, which tactic proved more precise than that of level-flight bombers and more effective than air-launched torpedo attacks against surface ships. It is also the authorâs purpose to come to a more general conclusion as to the effectiveness of dive-bombing under actual combat conditions...read more

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9781490924465 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 6, 2013, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: The theme of this book is the exploration of the theory and practice of dive-bombing, which tactic proved more precise than that of level-flight bombers and more effective than air-launched torpedo attacks against surface ships.

The God of Democracy: Religion in Revolutionary America

Product Description: There is a great need today for Americans to further their understanding of the role religion has played in the establishment of the government of the United States. Religion today is viewed with a somewhat benevolent agnosticism by many elected officials and some of its citizens, yet it was important enough to Americaâs founders to reside in the first amendment to the Bill of Rights...read more

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9781490922096 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 5, 2013, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: There is a great need today for Americans to further their understanding of the role religion has played in the establishment of the government of the United States.

The Women Who Knew Jesus:: Female Role Models in Early Christianity

Product Description: Christianity emerged in a highly patriarchal atmosphere that placed men in positions of authority in marriage, society, government, and religion. In many respects, however, the early Christians were more inclusive of women in their institutional affairs than other sects...read more

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9781482717426 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 4, 2013, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Christianity emerged in a highly patriarchal atmosphere that placed men in positions of authority in marriage, society, government, and religion.

Bending the Bow of Ulysses: Wade Hampton's Southern Cavalry

Product Description: The purpose of this selection is to document the military career of Wade Hampton III. Six feet tall and sturdily built, Hampton was no armchair warrior. Noted for his patriarchal and caring manner, Hampton would give all of his own personal fortune for the Confederate cause before the Civil War was over...read more

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9781490582801 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 3, 2013, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The purpose of this selection is to document the military career of Wade Hampton III.

The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution

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9780313398742 | Praeger Pub Text, July 19, 2012, cover price $53.00

Blue Water Patriots: The American Revolution Afloat

Product Description: In 1775, it was inconceivable that the American colonists could have overcome the overwhelming military superiority of Great Britain. Yet the belligerent colonists seemed certain that they could defeat the British army they so despised...read more

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9780275989071 | Praeger Pub Text, November 30, 2006, cover price $84.00

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9780742561205 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, September 30, 2008, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In 1775, it was inconceivable that the American colonists could have overcome the overwhelming military superiority of Great Britain.

Family Life in 19th-century America

Explores how the educational, social, and economic expectations of the nineteenth century affected the American view of family, describing the roles of the father, mother, children, and servants and slaves and discussing how these roles changed during the Civil War.

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313337925 | 1 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, August 30, 2007), cover price $72.00 | About this edition: Explores how the educational, social, and economic expectations of the nineteenth century affected the American view of family, describing the roles of the father, mother, children, and servants and slaves and discussing how these roles changed during the Civil War.

Family Life in 17th And 18th Century America

Describes the aspects of family life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, looking at the roles of fathers, mothers, children, servants, and slaves, and how their relationships grew, changed, and ended.

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313331992 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2005, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Describes the aspects of family life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, looking at the roles of fathers, mothers, children, servants, and slaves, and how their relationships grew, changed, and ended.

The Antebellum Period

Examines American cultural life and its influences during the period of 1820 to 1860, covering such topics as food, recreation, fashion, music, art, literature, travel, and the world of youth.

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313325182 | Greenwood Pub Group, June 30, 2004, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Examines American cultural life and its influences during the period of 1820 to 1860, covering such topics as food, recreation, fashion, music, art, literature, travel, and the world of youth.

Daily Life During the American Revolution

Discusses daily life during the American Revolution, examining such topics as fashion, taxation, the French, the Hessians, leisure time activities, and radicals.

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313318443 | Greenwood Pub Group, September 30, 2003, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: Discusses daily life during the American Revolution, examining such topics as fashion, taxation, the French, the Hessians, leisure time activities, and radicals.

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9780313361425 | Greenwood Pub Group, September 30, 2003, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: How did the patriot army dress themselves?

Daily Life on the Old Colonial Frontier

Provides a detailed picture of frontier life, discussing the explorers, traders, missionaries, colonists, and native peoples and the environments in which they lived.

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313311031 | Greenwood Pub Group, October 30, 2002, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Provides a detailed picture of frontier life, discussing the explorers, traders, missionaries, colonists, and native peoples and the environments in which they lived.

Daily Life in the Age of Sail

Product Description: From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals. Find out what life was like for those who chose to sail the high seas, as well as for those who didn't choose to be on board, like wives brought to sea by husbands and slaves en route to the auction block...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313310263 | Greenwood Pub Group, November 30, 2001, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals.

Encyclopedia of the Antebellum South

Alphabetical entries present the culture, history, and key figures of the American South in the half-century before the Civil War. (view table of contents)

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313308864 | Greenwood Pub Group, January 30, 2000, cover price $101.00 | About this edition: Alphabetical entries present the culture, history, and key figures of the American South in the half-century before the Civil War.

Daily Life in Civil War America

Product Description: Based on extensive research into newly discovered documents, this new edition of the popular volume offers an updated look at the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught up in the Civil War.â¢ Includes excerpts from a wide range of first-person original writings, including diaries, letters, journals, and newspaper articlesâ¢ Presents over 50 images, including photographs, posters, and contemporary illustrations, much of it from the author's own collectio...read more

By Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo

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9780313366031 | 2 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, October 13, 2009), cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Based on extensive research into newly discovered documents, this new edition of the popular volume offers an updated look at the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught up in the Civil War.

9780313305160 | Greenwood Pub Group, November 30, 1998, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: The United States Civil War touched the lives of every American North and South at that time.

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