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Assassination vacation
By Sarah Vowell. 2005
Journalist Vowell visits sites associated with the first three assassinated American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley. Relates…
pieces of historical trivia, including the fact that Robert Todd Lincoln was present at all three shootings. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. Bestseller 2005.April 1865: the month that saved America
By Jay Winik. 2001
In April 1865, as the war ends, the Confederate capitol - Richmond - lies in ruins, generals Robert E. Lee…
and Joe Johnston surrender their armies, and President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. Remarkably, the author contends, the nation survives. Analyzes the reasons for the unusually successful conclusion to a republic's civil war. Bestseller. 2001.Describes the horrific events in Philadelphia in 1793 when citywide illness prevented Congress from convening. Thousands of people were dying,…
many unattended, and physicians of the time were unsure of the cause or treatment of the yellow-fever outbreak. Junior High. 2004.American ground: unbuilding the World Trade Center
By William Langewiesche. 2003
"American Ground" is the story - until now untold - of the people who responded to the destruction of the…
World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Within days, William Langewiesche made his way into the innermost recesses of the collapse. By virtue of the integrity and excellence of his previous work, he quickly secured unique, unrestricted, around-the-clock access to the site, the rescue workers and labourers there, and the meetings of city officials, engineers, construction companies, and consultants. 2003.An ocean apart: the relationship between Britain and America in the twentieth century
By David Reynolds, David Dimbleby. 1988
Explores the unique relationship which has grown between Great Britain and the United States. America grew up in the shadow…
of Britain, and now the situation has been reversed with the United States becoming the dominant partner. 1988.America's secret aristocracy
By Stephen Birmingham. 1987
American grown: the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America
By Michelle Obama. 2012
America’s First Lady describes the kitchen garden that she and White House staff planted in 2009 on the south lawn.…
Discusses seasonal plants and chores, provides recipes, explores other gardens across the country, and examines the history of gardening. 2012.America divided: the civil war of the 1960s
By Maurice Isserman, Michael Kazin. 2000
An examination of political, social, and cultural developments of the 1960s by historians Isserman of Hamilton College and Kazin of…
Georgetown University. They survey the growth of activism among young people, the search for a more authentic spirituality, the Civil Rights movement, planning for the Great Society, and Vietnam. 2000.Alistair Cooke's America
By Alistair Cooke. 1973
This is an expanded version of the television series. The author writes about the land and the people with the…
dispassionate but affectionate characteristic of his "Letter from America" broadcasts, and offers unusual explanations and interpretations of episodes which have affected the course of the country's history. 1973.Above & beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's most dangerous Cold War spy mission
By Casey Sherman, Mike Tougias. 2018
This book tells the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of three characters: Kennedy, and two U-2…
pilots, Rudy Anderson and Charles Maultsby, who found themselves in the crosshairs of history, on the worst and most intense day of the crisis. 2018.Adrift: a true story of tragedy in the icy Atlantic and the one who lived to tell about it
By Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou. 2018
The small ship making the Liverpool to New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of…
dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story. 2018.Adams vs. Jefferson: the tumultuous election of 1800 (Pivotal moments in American history)
By John E Ferling. 2004
In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host…
of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican. 2004.Accessible gardening: tips & techniques for seniors & the disabled
By Joann Woy. 1997
Advises gardeners with special needs on ideas, tools, and methods. Topics include garden design and layout, raised beds, container and…
tabletop gardening, easy composting, watering, lawn care, and accessories to facilitate physical tasks. An appendix lists sources of tools, supplies, and information. c1997.Michael Farquhar ransacked the archives to rescue 30 almost-famous Americans from the dust bin of obscurity. These colourful figures range…
from Mayflower Murderer John Billington (1624) to Dick Fosbury, father of the "Flop" (1968). 2008.From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have…
punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. 2004.A starter garden: the guide for the horticulturally hapless
By Cheryl Merser. 1994
In an unintimidating, conversational style, Cheryl Merser describes the basics of ornamental gardening for beginners. She discusses gardening tools, shortcuts,…
year-round maintenance, and many types of plants from shrubs to herbs, perennials to annuals. c1994.A new leaf: growing with my garden
By Merilyn Simonds. 2011
Traces a year of growing seasons at The Leaf, Simonds' acreage in eastern Ontario. A lifelong gardener, Simonds works the…
soil and the soul for wide-ranging revelations about everything from flowers that keep time, to the strange gift of compost, to great gardens of the world, to things lost and found underground. 2011.A house reunited: how America survived the Civil War (The modern scholar)
By Jay Winik. 2003
Professor Winik examines the events leading to the end of the Civil War and ponders some of the unthinkable alternatives…
that might have prevented the formation of the country as we know it today. 2003.A history of the American people
By Paul Johnson. 1998
A social narrative and interpretation of the history of the United States from colonial times to the Clinton era. Includes…
material gleaned from diaries, letters, and recorded conversations; character analyses of primary achievers of each era; as well as extensive and sometimes critical comments by the author, a British conservative. Bestseller. 1998. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.