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Fodor's Washington D.C.'s 25 Best
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
128 PAGES
A shirt-pocket guide with an excellent pull-out map and essential information on museums, sightseeing, restaurants, shopping, hotels and nightlife.
(USS39, $11.95) |
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Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation
Joseph J. Ellis
HISTORY
2002
PAPER
304 PAGES
A riveting tale of Washington, Madison, Hamilton and especially of Jefferson and Adams. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's a fascinating glimpse into the early days of our country.
(USE244, $14.95) |
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Stars in Their Courses, The Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863
Shelby Foote
HISTORY
1994
HARD COVER
290 PAGES
Shelby Foote's gift for prose makes this military history a page-turning narrative, deftly capturing the monumental battle in a concise, informative text. A volume in his three-part history of the Civil War, originally published in 1963.
(USE191, $19.95) |
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Gettysburg National Military Park Map
Trailhead Graphics
A map of the park and battlefield in Gettysbug.
(USE193, $9.95) |
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Compass Guide Virginia
K.M. Kostyal
Medford Taylor
GUIDEBOOK
Handsomely produced, illustrated and informative, this guide is an overview of the culture, history and attractions of Virginia and D.C. With numerous photographs, literary excerpts and much practical travel information.
(USS335, $21.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Philadelphia & the Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Gorgeously illustrated and with excellent maps, this compact book is a handsome overview of the history, traditions, cultures and sights of Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
(USE369, $20.00) |
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Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
Jay Luvaas
Harold W. Nelson
GUIDEBOOK
Designed for the traveler, this is a history and guide to the battlefield at Gettysburg, with directions for navigating the area. Each "stop" along the guided tour presents an important phase of the battle, and many are accompanied by an excerpt of an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield.
(USE192, $12.95) |
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Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era
James McPherson
HISTORY
A comprehensive, vivid history of the Civil War, its genesis, battles, politics and personalities from the war with Mexico to Appomattox. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the book may be 900 pages long but it reads like a good novel.
(USS37, $19.95) |
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Confederates in the Attic
Tony Horwitz
HISTORY
Subtitled "Dispatched from the Unfinished Civil War," this book conjures the remarkable, ongoing interest in the Civil War. Horwitz draws much history into this account of travels through former battlefields.
(USS35, $14.95) |
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The Americans, the Colonial Experience
Daniel Boorstin
HISTORY
Winner of the Bancroft Prize, this wide-ranging portrait of colonial America looks to the origins of the American character and its institutions.
(USA05, $15.95) |
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The First Salute, A View of the American Revolution
Barbara Tuchman
HISTORY
An analysis of the American Revolution, focusing on the European politics surrounding the war, and the conflicts between the British and Dutch navy.
(USA04, $16.95) |
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John Adams
David McCullough
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A Pulitzer Prize-winning best-selling biography of the second president. McCullough reveals him as a magnificent figure who helped shaped the nation.
(USE201, $20.00) |
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Philadelphia Fire, A Novel
John Edgar Wideman
LITERATURE
In this novel, an African American writer returns to West Philadelphia to write a book on the 1985 police bombing of a black organization and searches for the one surviving child. Winner of the Pen Faulkner Award.
(USE102, $13.00) |
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The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
LITERATURE
The powerful, Pulitzer Prize winning novel of Gettsyburg that recreates the battle, personalities and anguish of those fateful days.
(USS36, $13.95) |
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Washington, D.C.
Gore Vidal
LITERATURE
The sixth installation in Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire" historical novel series. This tale of corruption follows the lives of a conservative senator and a newspaper publisher in Washington D.C.
(USE130, $16.00) |
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