Quick view Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence $16.00 Add to Cart
Quick view The Idea of America: Our Values, Our Legacy, Our Future "The Idea of America backs us out of current conflicts and gives insight into the values that have made our country such a shining light to others. Now, more than ever, we need to revisit these values and the tensions they createand work to fulfill the... $25.00 Add to Cart
Quick view America: The Pocket Guide This tiny guide introduces you to a very big idea: The Idea of America. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you believe, you are American if you believe in the idea of America. At the heart of America is a great debate. And at the heart... $2.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Civil War Williamsburg Williamsburg is known for its central role in the American Revolution. Less known is that the city also played a role in the Civil War, suffering through a bloody battle on its doorstep and a three-year occupation. Featuring a history of wartime,... $16.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The Idea of America At the heart of America, this book argues, is a great debate. And at the heart of that debate are our shared democratic values: law and ethics, freedom and equality, diversity and unity, common wealth and private wealth. The Idea of America shows how... $24.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The Art and Soul of African American Interpretation "The Art and Soul of African American Interpretation" is the first book in which African American interpreters themselves reflect on their profession. Six experienced interpreters discuss how they research historical figures and create characters, often... $16.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, you will learn more about the men who inspired Hamilton: The Musical in this fascinating look at the historical friends turned revolutionary rivals! In curiously parallel lives,... $9.99 Add to Cart
Quick view Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American, and Carol Berkin shows us that women played a vital role throughout the struggle. Berkin takes us into the ordinary moments of... $16.00 Add to Cart
Quick view I Am Murdered George Wythe was Thomas Jefferson's mentor and friend, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Courtand a victim of lethal poisoning. His murder and the trial of his nephew for the killing caused a sensation... $35.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Physick Medicine in Williamsburg The professional practice of medicine and the methods used to treat patients in colonial Williamsburg between 1740 and 1775 are thoroughly explained. Topics include medical theory, education, treatments, surgery, and brief biographical sketches of... $6.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The American Flag: A Handbook of History & Etiquette A perfect patriotic gift, this handsome guide to the American flag is a concise collection of the history and etiquette of the U.S. flag. The book, bound in hardcover in a distinctive blue leatherette with gold stamping, includes details of the laws... $9.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Colonial Williamsburg the first 75 years This book relates the fascinating story of how the Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., went about restoring Virginia's colonial capital. Equally engrossing is the account of how the Williamsburg that visitors see today turned a sleepy... $9.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Founding Feuds "In lively prose and with keen understanding, Paul Aron sets forth the personal animosities and grudges that drove politics in the new nation." Robert Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World Think partisanship has never been so bad? Think again... $16.99 Add to Cart
Quick view Rivers and Roads: Transportation in Early America In an era when no corner of the globe has been left unexplored, and people commute hundreds of miles every day in cars, trains and buses, it's easy to lose track of how different life would be without these modes of transportation. Travel back to a time... $19.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The Journal of Major George Washington In 1753, Virginia Governor Dinwiddie appointed 21-year-old Major George Washington to a delicate mission - deliver a letter to the local French commander demanding that he and his forces leave British Territory and bargain for support with the local... $14.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin And Other Writings A fascinating and unconventionally educated man, Benjamin Franklin imparts—in his own words—wisdom and remarkable life lessons on the art of living with great personal integrity. Taken from John Bigelow's carefully researched 1868 publication... $14.99 Add to Cart
Quick view Thomas Jefferson Art of Power A No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and more. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham once... $22.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Becoming Americans Visitors are fascinated by the authenticity of the historic interpretations at Colonial Williamsburg. This book is a synthesis of the scholarship on which those interpretations are based. It explains how diverse groups of people, holding different and... $24.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Mapping Colonial America CD ROM Explore maps from Colonial Williamsburg's collection in this interactive CD ROM. The maps, dated from 1587 to 1782, provide an intimate look at the struggles and ambitions of Colonial America's colonists. The exhibition features a zooming tool that... $9.95 Add to Cart
