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  • The Shattering of the Union

    America in the 1850s

    by Eric H. Walther ...
    Series series The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
    The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade as the country lurched toward secession and war. With their grudging acceptance of the Compromise of 1850 and the election of ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War

    by Eric H. Walther ...
    Series series Civil War America
    IWilliam Lowndes Yancey (1814–63) was one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. In this first comprehensive biography, Eric H. Walther examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater.Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Enigmatic South

    Toward Civil War and Its Legacies

    by Paul F. Paskoff, John M. Sacher, Eric H. Walther, Christopher Childers, Julia Nguyen, Sarah Hyde, Gaines M. Foster, George C. Rable ...
    The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American history.Christopher Childers, Sarah L. Hyde, and Julia Huston Nguyen consider the ways politics, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Recent Advances in Algorithmic Differentiation

    Edited by Shaun Forth, Paul Hovland, Eric Phipps, Jean Utke, Andrea Walther ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The proceedings represent the state of knowledge in the area of algorithmic differentiation (AD). The 31 contributed papers presented at the AD2012 conference cover the application of AD to many areas in science and engineering as well as aspects of AD theory and its implementation in tools. For all papers the referees, selected from the program committee and the greater community, as well as the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Congress and the People’s Contest

    The Conduct of the Civil War

    by Jonathan Earle, Eric Walther, Lesley J. Gordon, Fergus M. Bordewich, Jenny Bourne, Mischa Honeck, L. Diane Barnes, Chandra Manning, Nikki M. Taylor ...
    Series series Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801–1877
    The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment’s notice. As a result, the young nation’s political structure and culture often struggled to keep up. When war began, Congress was not even in session. By the time it met, the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    American Animals

    A Memoir

    by Eric Borsuk ...
    Narrated by Nick Walther ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 53 min

    AS SEEN IN THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st-century annals.”―The Hollywood Reporter“A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded―except for one mistake.”―Vanity Fair“A tragicomedy of errors.”―Salon“They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Texas Women

    Their Histories, Their Lives

    by Juliana Barr, Angela Boswell, Jessica Brannon-Wranosky, Light T. Cummins, Victoria H. Cummins, Mary Ellen Curtin, W. Marvin Dulaney, Gabriela González, Ruth Hosey Karbach, Renee M. Laegreid, Paula Mitchell Marks, Judith N. McArthur, Laura Lyons McLemore, Bianca Mercado, Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, Robin C. Sager, Harold L. Smith, Jean A. Stuntz, Kelli Cardenas Walsh, Eric Walther, Nancy Elizabeth Baker ...
    Series series
    Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives engages current scholarship on women in Texas, the South, and the United States. It provides insights into Texas’s singular geographic position, bordering on the West and sharing a unique history with Mexico, while analyzing the ways in which Texas stories mirror a larger American narrative. The biographies and essays illustrate an uncommon diversity among ... Read more

    $35.99 USD