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Bryan: A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan,

2 reviews
Louis William Koenig

Putnam Pub Group, 1971

THE BIBLE FOR HISTORIANS ON W.JENNINGS BRYAN
A VERY BROAD PERSPECTIVE ON AN A TRULY AMERICAN HERO, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF AN INCREDIBLE POLITICAL FIGURE THAT CAPTURED THE SPIRIT OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. The author is also alert to mention on pg 140 and 267, references to BLOODY BRIDLES WAITE. This character was highly controversial, yet respected amongst the common people, similar to Bryan. The history of ...

Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920

4 reviews

Aperture, 2005

Welcome to America - at the beginning of the last century
Augustus F. Sherman was simply doing his job when from 1904 to 1920 he photographed the individual arrivals of multiple nationalities at Ellis Island. It was his duty to document those new immigrants who were detained for further investigation before they were allowed to step onto the Great Hope that was America. But what resulted from this duty is a portfolio of portraits of world peoples that ...

A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan

6 reviews
Robert W. Cherny

University of Oklahoma Press, 1994

A Short and Concise review of Bryan's Life
This brief, concise review of the life of William Jennings Bryan is a quick and easy way to familiarize yourself with this important American politician. While Bryan's only official politrical positions was as a two-term congressman and secretary of state for a little over two years, he was one of the most influential politicians for the thirty years he was active in Democratic politics. The ...

A Nation of Steel: The Making of Modern America, 1865-1925 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of ...

2 reviews
Thomas J. Misa

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

"Nation of Steel" outlined
Thomas J Misa, A Nation of Steel, the Making of Modern America, 1865-1925 (1995) Thesis: "The relationships between producers and consumers are the single most important determinant of the dynamics of technology and social change." (xix) "The view of technology as applied science has served as a powerful myth for legitimating science policy..., but this view is worse than useless for ...

Life and Death in Civil War Prisons: The Parallel Torments of Corporal John Wesly Minnich, C.S.A. and ...

6 reviews

Thomas Nelson, 2004

Black and reeking pits: two veterans' perspectives
Books on the American Civil War appear in a seemingly never-ending stream, and so it's inevitable that many good ones get lost in the cascade and never receive the attention they deserve. J. Michael Martinez's Life and Death in Civil War Prisons is one of these. It's really an excellent study, well written, nicely illustrated, and painstakingly researched (as its 40-odd pages of closely-printed ...

The Great Powers, Imperialism and the German Problem 1865-1925

1 review
John Lowe

Routledge, 1994

For a good understanding of the origions of WWI
When I studied history in college, this was the most valuable book for understanding the origins of World War I. Both comprehensive and highly readable. Daniel Headrick's "Tools of Empire" makes an excellent companion reader (Thank you, Prof. William Green, College of the Holy Cross!)

Dear Richard: Letters to an Irish Immigrant 1865-1925

1 review
Maureen Aggeler

Xlibris Corporation, 2001

A Great Book!!
I loved this book! It's very informative about the time period, while still very interesting. I read it in one sitting. While my family is of Irish decent, I recommend this book to everyone, even if your not Irish!

A Mississippi Rebel in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Civil War Memoirs of Private David Holt

5 reviews
David Holt, Thomas D. Cockrell, ...

Louisiana State University Press, 1995

One of the best books I've ever read
Holt really conveys the attitudes, feelings, deep convictions, and courage displayed by those who fought in the war. (Not only on the Rebel side, but also on the Yankee side.) He also goes into some of the other reasons besides slavery, that caused the South to secede. Very well written and extremely interesting. It makes you feel as if you're right beside Holt following him as they go ...

The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925

1 review
David Montgomery

Cambridge University Press, 1987

attacks on labor activism
David Montgomery analyzes the United States between 1865-1925 in terms of the conflicting social classes that fought for control of industry and labor relations. He argues that class consciousness permeated all levels of social interaction both inside and outside of the workplace. Labor struggles with management about working conditions, wages, and for control of the shop floor. Montgomery ...

Yankee Blitzkrieg: Wilson's Raid through Alabama and Georgia

3 reviews
James Pickett Jones

University Press of Kentucky, 2000

An Excellent study of one of the most ignored campaigns!
Yankee Bltizkrieg is one of the most enlightening studies of Wison's raiders in their finest hour. The book follows Wilson and his men from rain drenched northern Alabama to a triumphant capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Georgia. It explores how Wilson effectively moved over 12,000 men for over 500 miles in the span of about a month. A feat which would have made ...

The Apotheosis of Democracy, 1908-1916: The Pediment for the House Wing of the United States Capitol ...
Thomas P. Somma

University of Delaware Press, 1995

This study recounts the many ill-fated attempts to win the elusive commission for the House pediment of the U.S. Capitol Building, then follows with a detailed chronology of the actual commission, beginning with the awarding of the project in 1908 to the expatriate American sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett and concluding with the pediment's unveiling in 1916. Illustrated.

Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877

1 review
Jerome A. Greene

University of Nebraska Press, 1994

Yellowstone Command
This is an informative book which is also an easy and pleasant read. However, it lacks heart. It tends to be a listing of events rather than the story of the events.

My Favorite Patterns for Dressing Antique Dolls: 1865-1925

1 review
Evelyn Ackerman

Gold Horse Pub, 1996

My favorite book for dressing antique dolls
The costumes shown may be accurate in style and colour but the patterns and fitting of the costumes was appalling. Almost unusable.very disappointing for me. I have been making antique reproductioon dolls for over 18 years.;and there are a great many books out there better then this.

Wilson's Cavalry Corps: Union Campaigns in the Western Theatre, October 1864 Through Spring 1865

1 review
Jerry Keenan

McFarland & Company, 1998

These men were the first Selma freedom riders!
Beginning in 1863, the Union Army reorganized its cavalrymen into mounted corps of troopers. They could then be assigned to scout and screen, but they could also be quickly concentrated to act as effective forces on their own. In the east, J.E.B. Stuart found that he could no longer ride circles around the Union Army. Alfred Pleasanton's new cavalry corps stood in his way so effectively that ...

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