Books written by Bruce Chadwick
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Lincoln for President: An Unlikely Candidate, An Audacious Strategy, and the Victory No One Saw Coming
... after his effective speech, which, as usual, drew a large crowd. more than eighteen months later, he received a letter from Edwin Parrott, one of the state legislators he helped elect on that trip, urging him to run for president.
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Lincoln for President: An Unlikely Candidate, An Audacious Strategy, and the Victory No One Saw Coming
J. Thomas to Lincoln, October 20, 1860, LP. 367. Peter Wyckoff to Lincoln, October 5, 1860, LP. 368. Joe Colbert to Lincoln, October 2, 1860, LP. 369. George Savidge to Lincoln, October 8, 1860, LP. 370. Hugh East to Lincoln, ...
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Crime, Justice, And Punishment Set
Focuses on popular subjects that are bound to capture the reader's Imagination Provides a window into American culture Encourages moral reasoning and fundamental thinking
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Infamous Trials
Discusses the Salem witch trials, the court-martial of Benedict Arnold, and the cases of the Chicago Black Sox, John Scopes, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Scottsboro Boys, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and the Chicago Seven
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The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film
... Johnston, Joe, 206, 210 Johnston, Mary, 25; Cease Firing, 209 Journey to Shiloh, 260 Kalem Studios, 41, 82,85, ... 140,317m.45 Keel, Howard, 253 Keniston, Ken, 243–4 Kennedy, John F., 4, 259 Kentucky, 119, 120, 164,226 Killens, ...
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Triumvirate: The Story of the Unlikely Alliance That Saved the Constitution and United the Nation
251 Rufus King to James Madison, 23 January 1788, Papers of James Madison, Princeton University, 1745–1826; William Cranch to his cousin John Quincy Adams, 22 January 1788, Adams Family Papers. 252 James Madison to George Washington, ...
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James & Dolley Madison: America's First Power Couple
A revealing dual portrait of the fourth President and his wife draws on newly uncovered letters from the University of Virginia to reveal how Madison owed much of his success to Dolley, who used her social talents to create a dynamic First ...
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James and Dolley Madison: America's First Power Couple
Blending the personal and the political, this is a fascinating profile of a couple whose life together contributed so much to the future course of our nation.
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Deion Sanders
Examines the life of the colorful and hard-working Florida football player who became known as "Neion Deion."
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Law & Disorder: The Chaotic Birth of the NYPD
For the first time, award-winning historian Bruce Chadwick examines how rampant violence led to the founding of the first professional police force in New York City.
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George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency
A compulsively readable narrative and extensive history, George Washington's War illuminates how during the war's winter months the young general created a new model of leadership that became the model for the American presidency.
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Joe Namath
Joe Namath's Sportin ' Life . New York : Paperback Library , 1969 . Berger , Phil . Joe Namath : Maverick Quarterback . New York , Cowles Book Co. , 1969 . Borstein , Larry . Super Joe : The Joe Namath Story .
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The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film
The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into movies. More than 800 films have been made about the Civil War.
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The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's First Fight for Freedom
Major Richard Platt to General Alexander McDougall, Dec. 29, 1777, Lee Boyle, Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December 29, 1777—June 19, 1778, II: 9–11. 2. GW to Congress, October 13, 1777, ...
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George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency
Early Forges and Furnaces in New Jersey. Philadelphia, 1931. Boyle, Lee. Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, December, 1777— June 19, 1778. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 2001. Bray, Robert and Paul Bushnell, ...
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The St. Louis Cardinals: Memories and Memorabilia from a Century of Baseball
In this book fans will find more than a century's worth of baseball memories, together with a collector's bounty of magnificent memorabilia. 195 illustrations, 132 in color.
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1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See
PRAISE FOR 1858Highly recommended--a gripping narrative of the critical year of 1858 and the nation's slide toward disunion and war...Readers seeking to understand how individuals are agents of historical change...
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Baltimore Orioles: Memories and Memorabilia of the Lords of Baltimore
" "This collection of historic photos, souvenirs, and anecdotes captures all the glory of baseball in Baltimore.
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Lincoln for President: An Unlikely Candidate, an Audacious Strategy, and the Victory No One Saw Coming
Lincoln for President is a groundbreaking new look at the campaign that brought Lincoln to power.
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1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See
PRAISE FOR 1858 "Highly recommended-a gripping narrative of the critical year of 1858 and the nation's slide toward disunion and war...Readers seeking to understand how individuals are agents of historical...