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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $64, including
U.S. shipping, a 20% discount (Item no. EXUSE190)		  
Fodor's Washington D.C.'s 25 Best  •  Fodors
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  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, $11.99)		   Fodor's Washington D.C.'s 25 Best
The Civil War, An Illustrated History  •  Geoffrey C. Ward  •  Ken Burns
HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES
An illustrated, comprehensive social history of the Civil War by the now-famous team of Ward and Burns. With 500 photographs and maps, extensive text and original essays by contributing experts. This edition includes a separate full color map. (USS27, $29.95)		   The Civil War, An Illustrated History
The Killer Angels  •  Michael Shaara
LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES
A powerful, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about Gettysburg that recreates the battle, personalities and anguish of those fateful days. (USS36, $16.00)		   The Killer Angels
United States Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Map  •  Hallwag
MAP
A detailed road map of the eastern United States stretching from the northern half of Georgia to the southern part of New York and west to Indiana and Mississippi, at a scale of 1:1,200,000. It includes city insets and a helpful road guide with travel tips. One Side. 39x55 inches. (USS57, $14.95)		   United States Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Map



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Antietam National Battlefield Map  •  Trailhead Graphics    •  Part of a series of Civil War battlefield maps, this is a map of the park and battlefield in Antietam. (USS199, $9.95)
 		  
Gettysburg National Military Park Map  •  Trailhead Graphics    •  A map of the park and battlefield in Gettysbug. (USE193, $9.95)
 		  
Washington, DC Map  •  Borch Maps    •  A laminated, folded map of the capital at a scale of 1:15,000. (WDC06, $8.95)
 		  
Baltimore, Annapolis & the Chesapeake Bay  •  Allison Blake   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An intimate guidebook to the Bay, lovingly written by a local newspaper reporter. The book covers sites all along the eastern and western shores of the bay, with lots of history and practical information. (USE17, $19.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Washington D.C.  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An on-the-ground guide to Washington D.C., featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, comprehensive and superb. (WDC07, $23.00)
 		  
Guide to the Battle of Antietam  •  Jay Luvaas  •  Harold W. Nelson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A history and guide to the battlefield at Antietam. (USS198, $14.95)
 		  
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 excerpts from an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield. (USE192, $12.95)
 		  
"Bayonet! Forward" My Civil War Reminiscences  •  Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain   • HISTORY  •  A collection of professor and Civil War general Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's most noted writings, covering his experiences in Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox. (USE243, $25.00)
 		  
All the President's Men  •  Bob Woodward  •  Carl Bernstein   • HISTORY  •  The legendary story of two young Washington Post reporters who uncover the Watergate scandal, leading to the resignation of President Nixon. (WDC03, $15.00)
 		  
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs & the Chesapeake Bay  •  William Warner   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A lovingly-written history of the blue crab, enriched with local color and a vivid overview of the Chesapeake Bay, its ecosystem, history and future. (USS14, $14.99)
 		  
Beyond Philadelphia, The American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Hinterland  •  John B. Frantz  •  William Pencak   • HISTORY  •  A collection of nine essays on different regions in Pennsylvania and the role they played during the Revolutionary War. (USE92, $31.95)
 		  
Confederates in the Attic  •  Tony Horwitz   • HISTORY  •  Subtitled "Dispatched from the Unfinished Civil War," this book reveals the strange world of the re-enactors, unreconstructed confederates and others whose ongoing interest and involvement in the War Between the States provide an intriguing cultural portrait of the southern and mid-Atlantic states. (USS35, $16.00)
 		  
Crossroads of Freedom, Antietam  •  James McPherson   • HISTORY  •  A vivid history of the Battle of Antietam. (WAR109, $15.95)
 		  
Fields of Honor, Pivotal Battles of the Civil War  •  Edwin C. Bearss  •  James McPherson   • HISTORY  •  A former chief historian of the National Parks Service and a renowned Civil War historian, Bearss details fourteen of the war's major battles, including Gettysburg and Vicksburg. (WAR124, $15.95)
 		  
Philadelphia, A 300-Year History  •  Russell F. Weigley  •  Edward Wolf  •  Nicholas B. Wainwright  •  Joseph E. Illick  •  Thomas Wendel   • HISTORY  •  A comprehensive history of Philadelphia that examines the city's political, artistic, physical, and social development. (USE98, $35.00)
 		  
Stars in Their Courses, The Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863  •  Shelby Foote   • HISTORY  •  Shelby Foote's gift for prose makes this military history a page-turning narrative, deftly capturing the monumental battle in a concise, informative text. (USE191, $22.00)
 		  
The Battle of Gettysburg  •  Louis Phillipe D'Orleans   • HISTORY  •  An eyewitness report and history of the Gettysburg Campaign, first published in 1886, by the Count of Paris (son of King Louis Phillippe and aide to General McClellan). (WAR91, $18.95)
 		  
The Battle of Gettysburg  •  Frank Aretas Haskell   • HISTORY  •  A short, first-hand account of the campaign, written by a Union lieutenant as a letter to his brother that was never intended for publication. (WAR93, $9.95)
 		  
They Met at Gettysburg  •  Edward J. Stackpole   • HISTORY  •  A concise summary of the events leading up to and including the battle at Gettysburg, originally published in 1956. (WAR100, $19.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Brotherly Love  •  Daniel Hoffman   • LITERATURE  •  An extended poem that reflects on William Penn's vision for America and the conflicts that have arisen to challenge this ideal. (USE101, $17.95)
 		  
Chesapeake  •  James Michener   • LITERATURE  •  Michener works his usual magic, this time on the Chesapeake Bay, telling the history of the region through the story of a colorful family. (USS15, $17.00)
 		  
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, $13.95)
 		  
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, $18.00)
 		  
Life in the Chesapeake Bay  •  Alice Jane Lippson  •  Robert L. Lippson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This combination field guide and ecological primer on the Chesapeake Bay is a comprehensive guide to local plants and animals which describes the wetlands habitat in which they live. (USS17, $29.00)
 		  
A Field Guide to Eastern Trees  •  George Petrides  •  Roger Tory Peterson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The classic guide. (NAM09, $20.00)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States  •  Peter Alden  •  Brian Cassie   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of the Mid-Atlantic States. (USE73, $19.95)
 		  
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America  •  Jon Dunn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)
 		  
 
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