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...
Many of this volume's letters chronicle the Tennessean's prosecution of the Mexican War, a confli...
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenti...
After winning the US presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk sl...
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was already a celebrat...
'Charles Darwin--alongside Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein--ranks among the world's most famous ...