American History from House of Our Own Books

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Praeger, 1998. This is a study of Roosevelt's role in the formation of the Canadian-American military alliance and shows how he pursued two distinct strategies: he encouraged senior civilian and military advisers, who viewed Canada as part of a British imperial rival, to regard Canada as a natural ally, and he used his influence to convince Canadian… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Ross & Perry, 2002. This book is an architectural history of the Free Quaker Meeting House on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, built by the Religious Society of Free Quakers, a small group of Philadelphia Quakers who rejected the pacifist tenets of their faith in order to support the War for Independence; the book is a reprint, with… Read more about this item

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Greenwood Press, 1978. This is a study of French intellectuals' response to America in the 1920s which attempts to clarify the interaction between the concerns of the French observer and the dynamic aspects of American life (dark gray cloth with white lettering on front and spine; a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Colonial Society of Philadelphia, 2002. Published by the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (not Stackpole Books), this book is a record of the first 100 years of the society, founded in 1895 to celebrate events and collect and publish documents related to the settlement of Pennsylvania prior to 1700 and to perpetuate the memory of the early settlers;… Read more about this item

Bowie, MD, U.S.A.: Heritage Books, 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback. As New. This is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1907 by Lippincott, a study of French settlers and settlements in the United States, including early settlements, French colonies in Louisiana, Huguenot settlers, French soldiers, travellers, and exiles, settlements in the West and in Canada, French… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1985. This is a facsimile of William Walker's account, originally published in 1860, of his invasion and conquest of Nicaragua; doctor, lawyer, newspaper editor, politician, adventurer, liberator, imperialist, Walker sailed to Nicaragua with a band of mercenaries in 1855, joined with rebel forces in a civil war, defeated the national army, seized the… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1969. Two volumes in one: Volume I: The Origins of Black Americans (378 pages); Volume II: The Black Community in Modern America (508 pages); includes essays by leading scholars in history, political science, and sociology (brown cloth with gold lettering; previous owner's name and date stamp on first page; glossy gray dust jacket with black… Read more about this item

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Public Affairs, 1953. The autobiography of the founder of the People's Lobby, organized in 1930 with John Dewey as President, which fought for relief and, during the New Deal and the Fair Deal, for more fundamental reforms; one section of the book deals with the rise and fall of the Third Party movement in the 1920s (black… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1977. An examination of the nature of 19th century American mass voting behavior showing that substantial variation in party support followed lines of cleavage among classes, occupational groups, and places of residence (blue cloth with silver lettering, blue pictorial dust jacket with white lettering slightly rubbed along edges; otherwise a bright, clean, tight… Read more about this item