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  • The Gateway to History

    by Allan Nevins ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
    In this book, originally published in 1962, one of America’s most distinguished historians defines the scope and variety fo his field and out lines his views on history’s objectives both as a science and as an art. The book provides insight into historians’ methods of interpreting and presenting the past from Thucydides to twentieth century scholarship on Europe and America. It sets apart the ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Buchanan's War

    by Allan Nevins ...
    Did the decisions President James Buchanan made - and those he avoided - lead to the American Civil War? Here, in this essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Allan Nevins, is the answer. ... Read more

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  • El deber y la gloria Testamento político de John F. Kennedy

    by Allan Nevins ...
    Con prefacio del presidente Lyndon B. Johnson este libro se enfoca en los documentos públicos mas resaltantes de John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35º Presidente de Estados Unidos de América, quien fue elegido a los 43 años en octubre de 1960 y se constituyó en el mandatario más joven de ese país.Su ejercicio gubernamental como presidente de la gran potencia, inició el 20 de enero de 1961 y concluyó de ... Read more

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  • Energy and Man

    A Symposium

    First published in 1960, Energy and Man is a book that comprises five speeches, together with follow-up questions, that were given by business school graduates at a symposium held at Columbia University on November 4, 1959.Contributions by Allan Nevins, Robert G. Dunlop, Edward Teller, Edward S. Mason and Herbert Hoover, Jr., with an Introduction by Courtney C. Brown."THROUGH THE AGES, LEARNING ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oral History

    An Interdisciplinary Anthology

    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology is a collection of classic articles by some of the best known proponents of oral history, demonstrating the basics of oral history, while also acting as a guidebook for how to use it in research. Added to this new edition is insight into how oral history is practiced on an international scale, making this book an indispensable resource for scholars of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • James Truslow Adams

    Select Correspondence

    Edited by Allan Nevins ...
    The brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins, introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of letters by Adams himself.The correspondence is divided into a wide ... Read more

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  • Henry Ford's Peace Ship

    In 1915, carmaker Henry Ford organized and launched an extraordinary mission to drive the warring parties in World War I to the peace table. He failed miserably. Here, in this essay, Ford biographer Frank Ernest Hill and Pulitzer-Prize winner Allen Nevins detail Ford's pacifist adventure. ... Read more

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  • The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Abraham Lincoln, the greatest of all American presidents, left us a vast legacy of writings, some of which are among the most famous in our history. Lincoln was a marvelous writer—from the humblest letter to his great speeches, including his inaugural addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. His sentences were so memorably crafted that many resonate across the years. ... Read more

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  • William Hickling Prescott

    A Biography

    This biography of a distinguished historian and man of letters is the first study of William Hickling Prescott (1796–1859) to be written by a historian who has worked with the very themes explored by Prescott. And it is the first to treat him not only as creative historian but also as family man, as traveler and clubman, as investor and humanitarian, and as private citizen with strong political ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Darkness and Dawn

    The Complete Dystopian Science Fiction Masterwork

    Series series Dover Doomsday Classics
    A young engineer and his secretary awake in the ruins of a Manhattan skyscraper to discover that they've been asleep for 1,500 years. The city's architecture isn't all that's crumbled ― humanity has degenerated into roving tribes of murderous, misshapen creatures. Together, the survivors of the old world must escape from New York and not only survive but also lay the foundations for a new ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Iron Millionaire

    Life of Charlemagne Tower

    by Hal Bridges ...
    Charlemagne Tower (1809-1889) was an American lawyer and businessman active in acquiring land in the Schuylkill Valley in Pennsylvania and serving as an officer for coal and railroad companies. He organized and led a company of Union soldiers from Pottsville in a 3-month enlistment during the American Civil War, when he was commissioned as captain. After the war, with sell-off of lands by the ... Read more

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    The Complete and Authoritative Edition

    by Mark Twain ...
    Series Book 10 - Mark Twain Papers
    Mark Twain's final and uncensored masterpiece, presented in three volumes, is a landmark publication in American literature.**“Twain will begin to seem strange again, alluring and still astonishing . . . in ways that still resonate with us.”—New York Times“His crystalline humor and expansive range are a continuous source of delight and awe.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review**"I've struck it!" Mark ... Read more

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