Brings to life the personal and political experiences of a remarkable American'The most eloquent,...
A major reconsideration of the role of the American West in the causes, military conduct, and con...
In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Th...
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenti...
Many of this volume’s letters chronicle the Tennessean’s prosecution of the Mexican War, a confli...
Soon after winning the presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk ...
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenti...
'Charles Darwin--alongside Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein--ranks among the world's most famous ...