Jules Archer: 22 books
The Incredible '60s
The Stormy Years That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
We often remember the 1960s as a time of peace and love, but it was also a time of assassinations, riots, and an unpopular war. Furthermore, more than three million people took to the streets in violent antiwar and civil rights demonstrations during this decade. In The Incredible '60s, renowned historian...
Extremists
Gadflies of American Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
“Extremism tends to flourish in times of crisis,” writes Jules Archer. It comes in all shapes and sizes and attaches itself to various causes. You can find extremism at the beginning with the founding fathers, extremists in the eyes of the British government and you can most definitely find it...
Watergate
A Story of Richard Nixon and the Shocking 1972 Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
With expert storytelling skills, historian Jules Archer recounts the complete story of Watergate, from that first fateful predawn Saturday morning-June 18, 1972-when night watchman Frank Willis discovered burglars” inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to President Richard...
A House Divided
The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
A House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy, the son of a hardworking but uneducated man opposed to slavery. Robert E. Lee, a slave owner himself, was a polite, aristocratic Virginia gentleman who...
The Feminist Revolution
A Story of the Three Most Inspiring and Empowering Women in American History: Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Today, feminism is as important as ever. Betty Friedan’s musings, to take the actions needed to bring women into the mainstream of American society, now; full equality for women, in fully equal partnership with men,” still hold fervently true in current society. Young readers still fighting...
by Jules Archer
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Jules Archer begins with laws that opened up America—public lands and homesteading—and continues with banking, the Bill of Rights, subversion and sedition, foreign policy. Natural resources, labor, business, education and welfare, farming, Prohibition, the New Deal, the draft and G. I. Bills,...
Jungle Fighters
A Firsthand Account of the Forgotten New Guinea Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
In the early stages of the Pacific War, General Douglas MacArthur was expected to prevent the Japanese from taking Australia. With limited forces, MacArthur had to be tactical, and the key to the continent’s defense was the island of New Guinea, just above the northeast tip of Australia. In order...
Winners and Losers
How Elections Work in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Winners and Losers is a timeless exploration of a subject relevant to today’s youth that will inspire young readers to get involved. Jules Archer shares the accessible and entertaining history of elections and political parties in America. He explores topics such as:
Are political parties...
Special Interests
How Lobbyists Influence Legislation
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
In order to advance their various causes and concerns, these groups hire individuals or firms called lobbyists to work on their behalf to influence the decisions of state and federal lawmakers.
Lobbies have been a part of American history ever since Benjamin Franklin appealed to Britain’s...
Rage in the Streets
A History of American Riots
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Why do people riot?
From the Boston Massacre in 1770 to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, mob violence in the United States is often sparked by unjust court decisions, unfair taxes, unpopular wars, the fear of unemployment, and racial and ethnic prejudice. But there are also seemingly senseless...
Treason in America
Disloyalty Versus Dissent
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Treason can be defined as the breach of the allegiance which a person owes to the state under whose protection he lives.” But what exactly does it mean to be guilty of a breach of the allegiance” owed to your country? In a country that guarantees freedom of speech and dissent tp all citizens,...
The Plot to Seize the White House
The Shocking TRUE Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow F.D.R.
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Many people might not know that in 1933, a group of wealthy industrialists-working closely with groups like the K.K.K. and the American Liberty League-planned to overthrow the U.S. government and run FDR out of office in a fascist coup. Readers will learn of their plan to turn unhappy war veterans...
They Had a Dream
The Civil Rights Struggle from Frederick Douglass...MalcolmX
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1996
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.
Man of Steel: Joseph Stalin
Russia's Ruthless Ruler
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Early in life, Joseph Stalin became convinced of the inevitability of social revolution. And in it, he was determined to play a prominent role. He carefully masked his great personal ambition during his long climb to power and devoted all this energies to furthering the cause of Lenin and Bolshevism....
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