US History from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
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Young People's History of our Island Possessions
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- 1898
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$67.00
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1898 hardcover as pictured. An interesting and troubling look at the former Spanish "possessions" that came under control of the United States at the dawn of the American Century. This book was written soon after the Spanish American War, before the paternalism and excesses of American rule became obvious but the racism and western elitism are already present and disturbing.… Read more about this item Item Price
$67.00
A Slaveholders' Union
by George William Van Cleve
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2010
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- 9780226846682
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$31.00
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2010 hardcover as pictured. A controversial "for the right reasons" book arguing that the United States constitution was pro-slavery "in its politics, its law, and its economics." Well documented with several appendices and an extensive bibliography. This copy is in very good condition. Binding firm. Dust jacket and boards show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item Item Price
$31.00
Abraham Lincoln
by Mrs P. A. Hanaford
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- 1865
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$45.00
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1865 hardcover as pictured. This is a somewhat worn but still handsome volume published soon after the assassination of President Lincoln. Binding is firm. Embossed brown boards with black cloth spine and gold stamping show moderate edge wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln is mottled. Text is tanned at edges and wavy. A few pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
Massacre - The Custer Cover-Up
by W. Kent King
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- Used - Very Good
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- Unjacketed
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- Second Printing
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- 1989
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- 9780912783154
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$28.00
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1989 hardcover as pictured. Volume three of the Custer Trails Series, this is a somewhat controversial attempt to amend the historic record of Custer's defeat at the Little Bighorn or Battle of the Greasy Grass as it was known by the Lakota Sioux. This copy is in very nice condition. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with gold stamping show… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
Our Western Border
by Charles McKnight
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- 1877 edition
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- 1877
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$85.00
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1877 hardcover as pictured. An early attempt to document white settlement in, and the suppression/removal of Native Americans from the Northwest Territories and Ohio country in the latter half of the 18th century. This book has seen some use but remains quite readable. Binding is intact though both front and rear hinges are cracked. Maroon cloth boards with black and… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
The Rampaging Frontier
by Thomas Clark
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- 1939
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$22.00
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1939 hardcover as pictured. A collection of anecdotes and tales with which the author attempts to record the social activities of the early settlers of the Ohio country and lower middle west. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with black stamping show some edge wear. Book plate and pencil notations on front endpapers. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.00
Courtney Hicks Hodges
by Stephen Wishnevsky
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- Unjacketed
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- 2006
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- 9780786424344
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$39.00
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2006 softcover as pictured. This is the remarkable story of Courtney Hodges, the only American to rise from the rank of private to full general of the US Army. Serving in the Philippines, Mexico, Europe and Japan, he is said to have captured more ground than any other American. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are rubbed and creased with… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.00
It's A Great War
by Mary Lee
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- 1929
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$30.00
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1929 hardcover as pictured. An award winning but now neglected novel acclaimed in a 1930 American Legion contest as one of the best books to capture the experience of the first world war but also disparaged for describing the tawdry realities of the war and its aftermath. Its ironic title belies the truths told within. Lee was the daughter of… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of Kentucky - In Five Volumes
by William Connelley and E. M. Coulter with Charles Kerr (Editor)
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- 1922
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$185.00
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1922 complete five volume hardcover set as pictured. A handsome edition, these books show some exterior wear but are in good shape overall. Volumes 1 and 2 are a history of the state from earliest times, volumes 3, 4 and 5 are short biographies of prominent Kentuckians, many with accompanying portraits. Includes an extensive index in volume 1. Bindings in… Read more about this item Item Price
$185.00
History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley
by Charles Henry Ambler
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- 1970
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- 9780837129051
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1970 hardcover as pictured. This is a reprint of the 1931 original text reviewing the history of transportation in the Ohio river basin from earliest European settlement. Includes many b&w photographs and illustrations. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards show light edge wear with a small tear mid spine. Front cover stained. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Lower… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.00
History of The Expedition Volume 1
by Paul Allen Esq. (Editor)
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- 1900
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$28.00
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1900 hardcover as pictured. This is volume 1 only of a 2 volume set. A nice small book giving a history of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Binding is firm. Maroon cloth boards with black stamping are rubbed and lightly soiled with bumped corners and fraying at head of spine. Endpapers tanned. Text is lightly tanned with a few pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
Abraham Lincoln - Set Of 6 Books
by Carl Sandburg
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- 1926/1939
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$126.00
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Six book hardcover set as pictured. Handsome copies of Carl Sandburg's acclaimed biographies of Abraham Lincoln. This offer includes volumes 1 and 2 of Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years, and volumes 1 through 4 of Abraham Lincoln - The War Years. The Prairie Years is a 24th printing of the 1926 edition. The War Years is a 1939 printing… Read more about this item Item Price
$126.00
Revolting Things
by Paul Mullins
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- 2021
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- 9780813066714
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$38.00
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2021 hardcover as pictured. Revolting Things delves into well-known examples of "dark heritage" ranging from Confederate monuments to the sites of racist violence. Mullins discusses the burials and gravesites of figures who committed abhorrent acts. The book also considers racial displacement in the wake of post–World War II urban renewal, as well as the uneasiness many contemporary Americans feel about… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.00
History of the Great Rebellion
by Thomas Kettell
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- 1865
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1865 hardcover as pictured. A contemporary history of the American Civil War. This original copy has been rebound in black buckram. Binding is firm. Boards are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text is age tanned and mottled but appears otherwise unmarked. Includes many engraved portraits and maps along with an extensive index and a glossary of military terms. No dust… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.00
Finding a New Midwestern History
by J. Lauck, G. Whitney and J. Hogan (Editors)
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- 2018
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- 9781496222350
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$20.00
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2018 softcover as pictured. This is a collection of essays exploring aspects of life in an often neglected section of the US. Included are pieces on history, immigration, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal shelf… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Our Radclyffe Heritage
by June Ratcliffe McReynolds
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- 1975
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$110.00
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1975 hardcover as pictured. This is a short but detailed history of the Radclyffe family of Virginia, some of whose members were among the Jamestown colony settlers. Includes biographies and genealogies of some families in the line as well as activities of individuals during the Civil War. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with gold stamping on spine are clean… Read more about this item Item Price
$110.00
Old Colony Days
by May Alden Ward
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- 1896
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$37.00
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1896 hardcover as pictured, not a reprint. This is a short history of the Pilgrims in the early days of Massachusetts Colony. A nicely made volume in good shape given its age. Binding is intact, front hinge lightly cracked at title page. Gold cloth boards with white and gold stamping are lightly soiled with minimal edge wear. Owner's name and… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.00
Long Past Slavery
by Catherine A. Stewart
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- Used - Good
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- Unjacketed
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- 2016
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- 9781469626260
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$21.00
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2016 softcover as pictured. This is a very interesting collection of essays exploring the racial politics surrounding the Federal Writers' Project which set about collecting life stories of ex-slaves in the mid 1930s. Includes extensive notes, bibliography and index. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Text appears clean and unmarked. Would be as very good aside from light… Read more about this item Item Price
$21.00
Fort Stanwix and Oriskany
by John Albert Scott
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- Sesquicentennial Edition
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- 1927
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$37.00
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1927 hardcover as pictured. This is a nicely done volume that has seen considerable wear but remains a good reading copy or candidate for rebinding. The story of the British advance against Fort Stanwix and the battle at Oriskany, the bloodiest encounter of the Revolutionary War. The British retreat at Fort Stanwix and near concurrent defeat at Saratoga marked a… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.00
With Sullivan in Seventeen Seventy-Nine
by M. R. Heilig
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- 1907
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$75.00
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1907 staple bound pamphlet as pictured. Ex-library with only marking being a sticker on the title page. This is account of the Revolutionary War campaign against the Haudenosaunee (iroquois Nation) in Western New York based on the journal of Edwin Redwood, a forest runner. Binding is intact but worn. Gray covers with black printing are rubbed and show wear at… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
