James Grant Wilson's Books

Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines

A History of the Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing

By: James A. Goecker

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Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines

A History of the Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing

By: James A. Goecker

This work traces the history of a remarkable troop of Hoosier horsemen--the East Wing of the Third Indiana Cavalry--during the Civil War. From the backwaters of the war in eastern Maryland to the epicenter of cavalry action in the eastern theater, they fought at Antietam, Brandy Station, Gettysburg and around Petersburg, and helped subdue Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Along the way they served as spies and fought in dozens of vicious skirmishes and battles. At Appomattox, they escorted one of the most famous generals to come out of the war.

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McFarland

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1476692580

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9781476692586

Inside the Apple

A Streetwise History of New York City

By: Michelle Nevius,James Nevius

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Inside the Apple

A Streetwise History of New York City

By: Michelle Nevius,James Nevius

How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past. This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking tour know-how. Fast-paced but thorough, its bite-size chapters each focus on an event, person, or place of historical significance. Rich in anecdotes and illustrations, it whisks readers from colonial New Amsterdam through Manhattan's past, right up to post-9/11 New York. The book also works as a historical walking-tour guide, with 14 self-guided tours, maps, and step-by-step directions. Easy to carry with you as you explore the city, Inside the Apple allows you to visit the site of every story it tells. This energetic, wide-ranging, and often humorous book covers New York's most important historical moments, but is always anchored in the city of today.

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384

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Simon and Schuster

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1416593934

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9781416593935

One of Custer's Wolverines

The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry

By: James Harvey Kidd

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One of Custer's Wolverines

The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry

By: James Harvey Kidd

Primarily known for his postwar exploits, most famously for his 1876 defeat at Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer led a formidable cavalry that became known as Custer's Wolverines. This volume presents the Civil War letters of one of those Wolverines, James H. Kidd.

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308

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Kent State University Press

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0873386701

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9780873386708

Echoes of Mind

Thinking Deeply about Humanship

By: David A. Levy,James E. Parco

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Echoes of Mind

Thinking Deeply about Humanship

By: David A. Levy,James E. Parco

Examining one's life is arguably the central distinguishing characteristic of being human, and this wise and wonderful book is the perfect answer to Socrates's warning that the unexamined life is not worth living. Readers who merely read through the book's fascinating anecdotes will be entertained, but they will be seriously shortchanging themselves, for it is the guiding questions that provoke and inspire serious self-examination. As the calendar-like format of the book implies, these questions should be savored and pondered no faster than one page of questions per day. Levy and Parco continue to challenge our thinking as they did in their previous two Thinking Deeply About books. Echoes of Mind presents common topics in an uncommon way that encourages both reflection and introspection. Spending time with this book will be reassuring and yet challenging, even at times uncomfortable-but in all cases, rewarding. Daryl J. Bem, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology Cornell University

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327

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Enso Books

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0982018576

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9780982018576

The European and the Indian

Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America

By: James Axtell

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The European and the Indian

Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America

By: James Axtell

Deals with the encounters of Europeans and Indians in colonial North America. A blending of history and anthropology, the author draws on a wide variety of sources, including archaeological findings, linguistics, accounts of colonists, art, and published scholarship.

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417

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Oxford University Press

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0199878498

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9780199878499

History of the United States

From the Compromise of 1850 to the Mckinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896

By: James F. Rhodes

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History of the United States

From the Compromise of 1850 to the Mckinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896

By: James F. Rhodes

This classic survey of one of the most dramatic eras in American history is most notable, perhaps, for the insight it offers into the mindset of the era itself. First published from 1893 through 1906, in the immediate aftermath of the events it covers, it was criticized even then for the author's clear bias-Rhodes believed it was a mistake to have given black men the right to vote after the Civil War. Today, it remains a fascinating look at the times through a prism that is itself of historical interest. This eight-volume set is a replica of the 1920 "new" edition. Volume I covers: [ slavery and the Constitution [ the Missouri Compromise [ the abolitionist movement [ Northern attitudes toward slavery [ the Fugitive Slave law [ Uncle Tom's Cabin [ the condition of slaves in the pre-Civil War era [ tensions with Spain [ and much more. After earning a fortune in iron, coal, and steel, American author JAMES FORD RHODES (1848-1927) retired to write about history, for which he won the Loubat Prize from the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1901) and the gold medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1910). He is also the author of the single-volume *History of the Civil War, 1861-1865* (1918), available from Cosimo.

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568

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1605207454

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9781605207452

The American Experiment

The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

By: James MacGregor Burns

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The American Experiment

The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

By: James MacGregor Burns

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty. In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power. And in The Crosswinds of Freedom, Burns offers an articulate and incisive examination of the US during its rise to become the world’s sole superpower—through the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the rapid pace of technological change that gave rise to the “American Century.”

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Open Road Media

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148043020X

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9781480430204

Book's by James Grant Wilson

Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines

Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines

Inside the Apple

Inside the Apple

One of Custer's Wolverines

One of Custer's Wolverines

Echoes of Mind

Echoes of Mind

The European and the Indian

The European and the Indian

History of the United States

History of the United States

The American Experiment

The American Experiment

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