United States History Books

Joseph Plum Martin - Private Yankee Doodle - recreates the daily life of the Revolutionary soldier as no one else has ever done! He withholds nothi...

Late into the 19th century, the Pullman Palace Car Company transformed basic railroad travel into a luxurious, personalized excursion. The resultin...

During a hot summer in 1848, a convention was held by the Women of Seneca County, NY to discuss the social, civil, and religious conditions of wome...

The name Mark Thrash lives on as legend for good reason. He was a folklore institution even during Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Pa...

“Simply ‘Father’...is a wonderful book about my great-grandfather, Theodore Roosevelt, as seen ‘through the eyes of his children.’ It shows why his...

Slavery in the United States: A Brief Narrative History is a primer that introduces chattel slavery as one of the ugliest institutions in American ...

Sagamore Hill was Theodore Roosevelt's home for more than 30 years until his death in 1919. He had it built long before he became the 26th US presi...

At America’s national parks, the Revolution awaits rediscovery! The essays within The American Revolution: Official National Park Service Handbook ...

Most of us are familiar with iconic national monuments such as Gettysburg National Military Park, the Washington Monument, the Statue of Liberty, a...

The Battle of Antietam is known for not only being the bloodiest single day battle in the American history but also for being the turning point in ...

...the story is one of patriotism...what these people sacrificed, what they dared, and what they accomplished...was not simply the patriotism of in...

Things looked bleak for the Continental Army during August 1781. For over six years, the American Revolutionary War wreaked havoc across the United...

Learn about the first president of the US from author Peter Hannaford. In The Essential George Washington, he collects observations on the nation's...

The Fall of Fort Henry discusses the battle at the fort that led to a very important Union vitory during the Civil War. The fall of the fort gave t...

Fortress. Redoubt. Stronghold. Tower. Castle. Bastion. No matter the word for them, forts across the United States have stood the test of time and ...

Why was a fort constructed along the Mississippi named Massachusetts? Why build a fortification on a barrier island far from the mainland shore? Wh...

In 1903 and 1904, the Hensleys, and their relatives the Gibbons, moved to Brush Mountain. While there, they carved out new farms on the remote moun...

An estimated two hundred photographers rushed to Johnstown to record what was clearly the greatest natural disaster of the 19th century. Carrying p...

The battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, mark the start of the American Revolutionary War. On this day, tensions finally boiled ove...

"My race needs no special defense, for the past history of them in this country proves them to be equal of any people anywhere. All they need is an...

Dawn was just emerging from a cold February night when Loyalist forces marching alongside Scottish Highlanders, attempted to cross the dismantled M...

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...

Although the 1783 Treaty of Paris formally concluded the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain, it failed to creat...