United States History Books

Established in 1978, New River Gorge National Park & Preserve encompasses over 70,000 acres of land along 53 miles of the New River from Bluest...

Reconstruction is one of the most complicated, poorly understood, and most significant periods in American history. After the Civil War, the U.S. g...

Through personal letters and academic scholarship, To Live and Die Amongst the Monongahela Hills introduces readers to the historic life of Albert ...

The city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was highly desired by both the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War because it was situated on a bluf...

The War of 1812 is often earmarked as a “forgotten war,” despite its other moniker as the United States’ “Second War for Independence.” The War of...

Few great inventors have left behind them so complete and enthralling a record of their work and thoughts than did Orville and Wilbur Wright—the su...

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. --19th A...

In its time it was called the Great War, the War to End All Wars, but today the events surrounding World War I are dimly recalled, reduced to a han...