19Th Century category: 5646 books
Sweet Cane
The Architecture of the Sugar Works of East Florida
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
A look at the antebellum history and architecture of the little-known sugar industry of East Florida**.**
From the late eighteenth century to early 1836, the heart of the Florida sugar industry was concentrated in East Florida, between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. Producing...
by Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Abraham Lincoln is a near legendary figure in American history, and the dimensions of his legend assure many shapes based on the historical reality of his achievements. He was the quintessential self-made man who rose from humble origins to become the chief executive of his nation. He was a political...
In the Shadow of the Dam
The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2004
Early one May morning in 1874, in the hills above Williamsburg, Massachusetts, a reservoir dam suddenly burst, sending an avalanche of water down a narrow river valley lined with factories and farms. In just thirty minutes, the Mill River flood left 139 people dead and 740 homeless -- and a nation...
Food on the Page
Cookbooks and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
What is American food? From barbecue to Jell-O molds to burrito bowls, its history spans a vast patchwork of traditions, crazes, and quirks. A close look at these foods and the recipes behind them unearths a vivid map of American foodways: how Americans thought about food, how they described it, and...
The Forty-Three Presidents
What They Said to and About Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Harry Truman may have only slightly overstated the matter when he said, The presidents made the highlights of American history, and when you tell about them, youve got it.
We can, in fact, learn a tremendous amount about the world in which we live by studying the forty-three presidents, including...
by John Ernest
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
John Ernest offers a comprehensive survey of the broad-ranging and influential African American organizations and networks formed in the North in the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War. He examines fraternal organizations, churches, conventions, mutual aid benefit and literary...
Victory in Tripoli
How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Muslim terrorists sworn to carry out jihad against all Western powers. As timely and familiar as these events may seem, they occurred more than two centuries...
The China Mirage
The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
"Bradley is sharp and rueful, and a voice for a more seasoned, constructive vision of our international relations with East Asia." --Christian Science Monitor
James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans--including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano--who in the 1800s made...
by Marion Sloan Russell
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Few of the great overland highways of America have known such a wealth of color and romance as that which surrounded the Santa Fé Trail. For over four centuries the dust-gray and muddy-red trail felt the moccasined tread of Comanches, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes. These soft footfalls were replaced...
by John Allison
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
John Dunlop Allison was a mariner from the final era of sail into the early days of steam.The hand-written account of his adventures was discovered in an attic in England a hundred years after he wrote it. His story describes extraordinary events, of wars and wives, of gold fever and greed,...
Crusade for Justice
The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks.
"No...
Reading the Rocks
How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
A rich and exuberant group biography of the early geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history.
The birth of geology was fostered initially by gentlemen whose wealth supported their interests, but in the nineteenth century, it was advanced...
Where the Wild Coffee Grows
The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
"Enchanting . . . An absorbing narrative of politics, ecology, and economics."--New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
"A must-read for coffee enthusiasts."--Smithsonian (Best of the Year)
"Reads like an engaging multimystery detective novel."--Wall...
by Charles Nordhoff
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
This short piece discusses the expedition of Du Chaillu and his encounters with Gorillas in his explorations of Africa during the Mid Nineteenth Century. Illustrated.