United States History Books

The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire. - Horace Walpole In late 1753, Virginia’s colonial governo...

Before the Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland was a simple city of farms and industries. But as with any village or town touched by war, Shar...

Abraham Lincoln left an indelible mark on the nation he sacrificed his life to preserve. Through this book, readers will get to know three of the s...

From causes to consequences, the National Park Service interprets the military, political, social, and economic impact of the American Civil War ac...

For more than 75 years, 14 journals, dating from 1835 to 1851, sat inside a trunk located within an attic of a Greek Revival town house at 210 Stat...

I jumped over the walls and ran for about half a mile where balls flew like hailstones and cannon roared like thunder. - Colonist Peter Brown to h...

The image of a young soldier-scholar sitting in his bunk, writing by candlelight while enemy shells explode overhead certainly appeals to the roman...

The Springfield Armory holds a legendary status as the nation’s preeminent small arms factory, shaping American defense for nearly two centuries. W...

This book tells the story of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and of the people who fought and served during the Korean conflict from 1950 to 1953....

Rene de Goulaine de Laudonnière (c. 1529–1582) was the leader of La Caroline, the first permanent French settlement in the western hemisphere. In ...

Even at an early age, Frederick Douglass understood that knowledge led to freedom and that the written word could lead to change. As a formerly ens...

Fearing that as soon as the news of this defeat should reach the French...I began to raise a fort with a little palisade... - George Washington, Ma...

This concise guidebook provides an enlightening glimpse into how African American history is preserved and interpreted in America's national parks....

This faithful reproduction of the June 15, 1889, edition of Harper’s Weekly Magazine pairs original text with striking illustrations to document th...

More than 20,000 Hispanics fought in the Civil War: some for the Union and some for the Confederacy. Thousands of Hispanic civilians lent their hea...

As keepers of the American legacy, the National Park Service strives to preserve the American narrative in a manner that is pluralistic and inclusi...

''FREE LAND!'' was the cry. The Homestead Act of 1862 had an immediate and enduring effect upon America. Under this law, more than 270 million ac...

Early American industry was forged in the 3000 degree heat of small iron furnaces in the forests of Pennsylvania. These furnaces were also the hear...

In June 1880, the Republican Party nominated James A. Garfield as its candidate for president of the United States, and his farm and home became th...

For twenty-one years, Judge Isaac C. Parker presided over the U.S. Court for the Western District of Arkansas, stationed in the rugged frontier tow...

The legacies forged from Mammoth Cave guides, like Stephen Bishop, Mat and Nick Bransford, Ed Bishop, Bob Lively, and Ed Hawkins, were as permanent...

Paula Steichen was only two when she moved with her immediate family, the Sandburgs, to Connemara, a beautiful old mansion on more than two hundred...

African Americans played a crucial role in the American Civil War. By the end of the war, 10% of the Union Army was comprised of African Americans....