Quick view American Stories American Stories by Paul Aron follows the evolution of our founding stories and myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. The story of the cherry tree, for example, tells us nothing about George Washington’s actual... $24.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Peyton Randolph and Revolutionary Virginia In 1763, King George III’s government adopted a secret policy to reduce the American colonies to "due subordinance" and exploit them. This brought on the American Revolution. In Virginia, there was virtually unanimous agreement that... $35.00 Add to Cart
Quick view Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity... $34.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck and A New History of America's Origin Neither story is true. In Marooned, Joseph Kelly reexamines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians. In this gripping account of shipwrecks and mutiny in America's... $57.60 Add to Cart
Quick view Civil War Ironclads HERO DVD In the Civil War, both the Union and the Confederacy raced to build armored, steam-powered warships that were the ancestors of today's navies. Meet the people behind and aboard the "ironclads"&;and relive the famous 1862 battle between the Monitor... $24.95 Add to Cart
Quick view The War of 1812 HERO DVD A generation after the Revolution, Americans were once again plunged into war with Great Britain. Why? Join Henry Clay, Tecumseh, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, and others as they struggle to determine what course the United States will take. Also... $24.95 Add to Cart
Quick view Women of the Revolution HERO DVD Bravery. Loyalty. Sacrifice. Women of the Revolution possessed all of these qualities. Explore the excitement, peril, and individual stories of Deborah Sampson, Mary Perth, Martha Washington, and other women, on both sides of the conflict, who proved... $24.95 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 Quest for a Cure Erected in 1773, burned in 1885, and now reconstructed, the Public Hospital was the first public facility in colonial America built for the treatment of the mentally ill. This highly readable account of Quest for a Cure gives an overview of the attitudes... $15.95 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 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 Family Bonds: Free Blacks in Virginia After a new law in 1806 required freed enslaved persons to leave Virginia and therefore leave their enslaved loved ones, many free African Americans did the unthinkable: returned to slavery. Read about the lives of these brave men, women and children,... $39.95 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 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
Quick view Norfolk Naval Shipyard Norfolk Naval Shipyard has a long history that predates the United States of America. Founded in 1767 as the Gosport Shipyard, it has been burned and rebuilt three times, once to prevent it from getting into the hands of the newly independent state of... $23.99 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 My America: An Owner's Guide My America: An Owners Guide asks kids to think about fundamental questions about what it really means to be an American. How does America work? Who are "We the People?" And how have the American people shaped our history? Filled with kid-friendly... $34.95 Add to Cart
