Staff Picks - History

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Great Divorce
by Woo, Ilyon
$17.95
History - U.S. - 19th Century

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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Simply superb. Utterly fascinating story of an early 19th century woman who challenged the nascent Shaker communities and the State of New York for custody of her children. Certain to be nominated for awards. Highest recommendation.

1493: Uncovering The New World Columbus Created
by Mann, Charles C.
$30.50
History - General

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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Fascinating study explaining that globalization actually began over 500 years ago when germs, plants, animals, technologies, and people swept across hemispheres and onto continents with mixed results. Fact: 80% of immigrants to the western hemisphere from 1500 to the mid-19th century were African.The process continues today. Mann at his most engaging.

Girls Of Murder City
by Perry, Douglas
$16.00
History - U.S. - 20th Century

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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

You can almost hear champagne corks popping in counterpoint with the machine gun fire in this atmospheric revisit to the Jazz Age. The book's two protagonists were immortalized in a contemporary stage comedy that was the basis of the 1940 Ginger Rogers movie, Roxy Hart and later the hit Broadway musical and subsequent film, Chicago. They just don't make dames like Belvah and Beulah anymore and m... read more>>>

We Is Got Him: The Kidnapping That Changed America
by Hagen, Carrie
$27.95
History - U.S. - 19th Century

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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

Two young boys disappear from the front yard of their home in a Philadelphia suburb on a hot July day in 1874. It would prove to be the first kidnapping for ransom in American history. This is a gripping and expertly researched account of a complex and momentous crime.