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Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
Howard Means.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781439178256.  Daedalus Item Code: 32257
 
"Former Washingtonian editor [Howard] Means employs extensive research to dig out facts buried in the mythic past about Johnny Appleseed, 'not only the best-known walker in American history ... (Read More)
 
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K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
Peter Carlson.
Publisher: PublicAffairs/BOMC.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781586484972.  Daedalus Item Code: 23448
 
"Most North Americans remember Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian dictator, as the guy who banged his shoe on his desk at the UN in 1960. Few recall that the shoe-banging was preceded by a 1959 visit to ... (Read More)
 
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The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
Richard D. Mahoney.
Publisher: Arcade.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781611453256.  Daedalus Item Code: 11054
 
Rather than a dual biography, this insightful book (originally titled Sons and Brothers) is a portrait of the relationship between John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert. Eight years apart in ... (Read More)
 
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Killer Colt: Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend
Harold Schechter.
Publisher: Ballantine.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780345476814.  Daedalus Item Code: 21858
 
The author of The Devil's Gentleman returns to the sinister shadows of gaslit New York City in this gripping true-crime account, beginning in 1841 with the last moments of the life of ... (Read More)
 
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Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Cokie Roberts.
Publisher: Morrow.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780060782344.  Daedalus Item Code: 31594
 
In Founding Mothers, political commentator and analyst Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Here she continues the story of ... (Read More)
 
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Daniel Okrent.
Publisher: Scribner.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780743277020.  Daedalus Item Code: 32252
 
"[Daniel] Okrent, who has rescued an important, relevant, and colorful chapter of American history, explores Americans' relationship with the bottle dating back to the colonial era and analyzes the ... (Read More)
 
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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Nathaniel Philbrick.
Publisher: Viking/BOMC.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780670021727.  Daedalus Item Code: 31663
 
Widely celebrated for his maritime histories, the author of the National Book Award winner In the Heart of the Sea and the Pulitzer Prize nominee Mayflower turns to one of the most ... (Read More)
 
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Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination
Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.
Publisher: Counterpoint.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781582434223.  Daedalus Item Code: 32388
 
John F. Kennedy's assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers, as well as a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and other top officials to hide the fact ... (Read More)
 
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Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession
Russell McClintock.
Publisher: UNC Press.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780807831885.  Daedalus Item Code: 22801
 
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. From small towns to major cities, from state capitals to ... (Read More)
 
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Lincoln on Race and Slavery
Henry Louis Gates Jr., ed. Donald Yacovone, coeditor.
Publisher: Princeton.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780691142340.  Daedalus Item Code: 21448
 
Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, ... (Read More)
 
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Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the Press
Jeffrey Manber & Neil Dahlstrom.
Publisher: Sourcebooks.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781402207556.  Daedalus Item Code: 30664
 
In the sweltering summer of 1861, President Lincoln began ordering the shutdown of any Northern newspaper that voiced opposition to the war, note Neil Dahlstrom and Jeffrey Manber. Whether carried ... (Read More)
 
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The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage
Daniel Mark Epstein.
Publisher: Ballantine.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780345478009.  Daedalus Item Code: 31283
 
Poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein here looks at Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd, founded in their mutual ambition and unraveled in the demands of the presidency, the tragedies of two sons' ... (Read More)
 
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