U.S. 19th Century History Books

U.S. 19th Century History Books

A Magnificent Catastrophe : The Tumultuous Election Of 1880 America's First Presidential Campaign
by Larson Edward J
$15.00
History - U.S. - 19th Century
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Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

"They could write like angels and scheme like demons..."

Thus are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson characterized in Edward Larson's account of the election of 1800, in which these Founders stood for the Presidency while around them party ideologies emerged for the first time in the young USA, and (courtesy of Aaron Burr) machine politics and political fundraising were first perfected. High-mindedness... read more>>>

Lincoln's Assassins : Their Trial And Execution
by Swanson James L
$19.95
History - U.S. - 19th Century
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This definitive illustrated history of Abraham Lincoln's assassination follows the shocking events from the tragic scene at Ford's Theatre to the trial and execution of John Wilkes Booth's coconspirators. Few remember them today, but once the names Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlin, and Dr. Samuel Mudd were the most reviled and notorious in America.

In Lincoln&#... read more>>>

Mr. Adams's Last Crusade : John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-presidental Life In Congress
by Wheelan Joseph
$26.95
History - U.S. - 19th Century
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An elegantly told, inspiring account of the post-presidential life of John Quincy Adams, who became a nine-term Congressman and his era's greatest advocate of abolition, free speech, human rights, and science

Following his single term as President of the United States (1825–1829), John Quincy Adams, embittered by his loss to Andrew Jackson, boycotted his successor's inauguration, just as his father John Adams had... read more>>>

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