This illustrated study is for historians, scholars, and others interested in history. Combining ideas from architecture, history, and social history, the book seeks to understand why the architect
Scholars have examined John Adams’s writings and beliefs for generations, but no one has brought such impressive credentials to the task as Richard Alan Ryerson in John Adams’s Republic. The editor-i
We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad MeltzerEach picture book in this series is a biograph
Discusses the origins of the Louisiana Purchase, including the reasons why President Jefferson wanted to acquire Louisiana and why Napoleon wanted to sell France's territory in North American, the Lew
Explores how the third president of the United States became such a divisive figure in American history, examining his views and the way he was perceived by his contemporaries.
You may know of George Washington, but there is more to his story. Learn about life in the time that Washington lived, and how he impacted the American Revolution.
Explains the importance of Washington's leadership in the years following the American Revolution, including establishing navigational rights on the Potomac and quelling an uprising of unpaid revoluti
Although the nation changed quite a bit between the presidential terms of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, these two leaders shared common interests and held remarkably similar opinions on
The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration—and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation. At the dawn of the ninete
From one of our most distinguished authors comes a new history of the American early republic period, presented through primary documents that are illuminated and explained in context.• Highlights and
In the era of the Early Republic, Americans determined the meaning of their Revolution and laid the foundation for the United States’ later emergence as a world power. This bookprovides students with
In the era of the Early Republic, Americans determined the meaning of their Revolution and laid the foundation for the United States’ later emergence as a world power. This bookprovides students with
A major work of American history: a full-scale portrait of the marriage of the father and mother of our country--and of the struggle for Independence that he led.Here are the socially awkward young so
Born Betsy Bowen into grinding poverty, the woman who became Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Yet by the end of he
The most famous duel in American history dramatized by leading nonfiction picture book illustrator, Don Brown.Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War,
His formal schooling abruptly cut off at age eleven, George Washington saw his boyhood dream of joining the British army evaporate and recognized that even his aspiration to rise in colonial Virginian
