Search Results: American History from House of Our Own Books

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Colonial Society of Philadelphia, 2002. Published by the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (not Stackpole Books), this book is a record of the first 100 years of the society, founded in 1895 to celebrate events and collect and publish documents related to the settlement of Pennsylvania prior to 1700 and to perpetuate the memory of the early settlers; it includes, in addition to the documents of the society and its proceedings from 1995 to 2000, accounts of the founding of the original colonies and records of all the members of the society since 1896 and their colonial ancestors; it also includes a section of color photos of colonial era flags; 762 pages (red cloth with gold lettering, slightly cocked, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; a very large, heavy volume). Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Praeger, 1998. This is a study of Roosevelt's role in the formation of the Canadian-American military alliance and shows how he pursued two distinct strategies: he encouraged senior civilian and military advisers, who viewed Canada as part of a British imperial rival, to regard Canada as a natural ally, and he used his influence to convince Canadian leaders, concerned that closer ties could lead to being absorbed by the United States, to pay greater attention to North American defense, finally resulting in 1940 in a military alliance (gray & maroon cover with gold lettering on the front & spine; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Fine/No Jacket.

Bowie, MD, U.S.A.: Heritage Books, 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback. As New. This is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1907 by Lippincott, a study of French settlers and settlements in the United States, including early settlements, French colonies in Louisiana, Huguenot settlers, French soldiers, travellers, and exiles, settlements in the West and in Canada, French land companies, French colonies in Ohio and Pennsylvania, French settlement in Iowa, Bonapartist and Royalist exiles, and French members of the American Philosophical Society; also includes two appendices, a bibliography and a list of French place names in the United States (lamiinated paper cover with portrait of Paul Revere on the front)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1977. An examination of the nature of 19th century American mass voting behavior showing that substantial variation in party support followed lines of cleavage among classes, occupational groups, and places of residence (blue cloth with silver lettering, blue pictorial dust jacket with white lettering slightly rubbed along edges; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Public Affairs, 1953. The autobiography of the founder of the People's Lobby, organized in 1930 with John Dewey as President, which fought for relief and, during the New Deal and the Fair Deal, for more fundamental reforms; one section of the book deals with the rise and fall of the Third Party movement in the 1920s (black cloth with gold lettering). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1969. Two volumes in one: Volume I: The Origins of Black Americans (378 pages); Volume II: The Black Community in Modern America (508 pages); includes essays by leading scholars in history, political science, and sociology (brown cloth with gold lettering; previous owner's name and date stamp on first page; glossy gray dust jacket with black lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Greenwood Press, 1978. This is a study of French intellectuals' response to America in the 1920s which attempts to clarify the interaction between the concerns of the French observer and the dynamic aspects of American life (dark gray cloth with white lettering on front and spine; a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Ross & Perry, 2002. This book is an architectural history of the Free Quaker Meeting House on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, built by the Religious Society of Free Quakers, a small group of Philadelphia Quakers who rejected the pacifist tenets of their faith in order to support the War for Independence; the book is a reprint, with several additions, of a report originally prepared by the author, a former architect for the National Park Service, prior to the movement and restoration of the Meeting House; it includes a narrative of the construction and subsequent history of the Meeting House followed by illustrations and architectural drawings (pictorial cover with color photo of the Meeting House on the front, very slight edge wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1985. This is a facsimile of William Walker's account, originally published in 1860, of his invasion and conquest of Nicaragua; doctor, lawyer, newspaper editor, politician, adventurer, liberator, imperialist, Walker sailed to Nicaragua with a band of mercenaries in 1855, joined with rebel forces in a civil war, defeated the national army, seized the capital, and gained control of the country until 1857 when he was forced to leave by the U.S. Navy; after twice trying to regain control of Nicaragua, he was captured and executed in Honduras in 1860; foreword by Robert Houston (red pictorial cover, slight corner creases, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy) . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good.