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Who was Abraham Lincoln? by Pascal, Janet B.

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Who was Frederick Douglass? by Prince, April Jones

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The war that forged a nation : why the Civil War still matters by McPherson, James M.

Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom by Blight, David W.

Emma Darwin : a Victorian life by Loy, James

Table of Contents: “…The family circle -- The two Dovelies -- A woman of the world -- A traveling cousin, a Doveley's death, and the abolition of slavery -- The return of the Beagle and "The day of days!" …”

The great abolitionist : Charles Sumner and the fight for a more perfect union by Puleo, Stephen

The great awakening : reviving faith & politics in a post-religious right America by Wallis, Jim

Who was Abraham Lincoln? by Pascal, Janet B.

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Giants : the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln by Stauffer, John, 1965-

What's the big deal about freedom by Shamir, Ruby

The most fearful ordeal : original coverage of the Civil War

Table of Contents: “…Merrimac -- Battle of Pittsburgh Landing -- Capture of New Orleans -- Battling for Richmond -- Second battle of Bull Run -- Antietam -- Emancipation Proclamation (Preliminary) -- General McClellan dismissed -- Fredericksburg -- 1863: Chancellorsville -- Emancipation Proclamation (Final) -- Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- Vicksburg -- Gettysburg -- Draft riots in New York City -- Gettysburg Address -- 1864: Battle of the Wilderness -- Petersburg -- Battle of the Crater at Petersburg -- Fall of Atlanta -- 1865: Abolition of slavery -- Occupation of Richmond -- Surrender at Appomattox -- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln's funeral -- Inauguration of Andrew Johnson -- John Wilkes Booth Killed -- Trial of Assassins -- Conspirators sentenced -- Four assassins hanged -- Obituaries: Robert E. …”

How the South won the Civil War : oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America by Richardson, Heather Cox

Amazing grace : the life of John Newton and the surprising story behind his song by Hindmarsh, D. Bruce, Borlase, Craig

Lydia Maria Child : a radical American life by Moland, Lydia L.

American radicals : how nineteenth-century protest shaped the nation by Jackson, Holly

Table of Contents: “…Coming out from the world -- Brook Farm on fire -- Wheat bread and seminal losses -- Marriage slavery and all other queer things -- Part III. Abolition war, 1848-1865. …”

Dr. Benjamin Rush : the founding father who healed a wounded nation by Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Wild for Austen : a rebellious, subversive, and untamed Jane by Looser, Devoney, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Austen gone wild -- Fierce, wild, and ruthless : Austen's juvenilia -- The controversial case of Sophia Sentiment -- Running wild : the winning immorality of Lady Susan -- Wildest : Sense and sensibility (1811) -- Almost wild : Pride and prejudice (1813) -- Bewildering Mansfield Park (1814) -- Wild speculation : Emma (1816) -- Wild to know : Northanger Abbey (1818) -- The young people were all wild : Persuasion (1818) -- Wild-goose chase : unfinished Sanditon -- Oh, subjects rebellious : the Watsons and Last words -- Jane, the wild beast, and the progressive Burdetts -- Cousin Eliza's statesman, singer, and spy -- The Leighs as learned literary ladies -- The sensational shoplifting trial of Aunt Jane Leigh Perrot -- Three Austen brothers and the abolition of slavery -- The Austen family legacy, suffrage, and anti-suffrage -- Seeing Jane Austen's ghost -- Sense and sensibility goes to court -- Jane's imaginary lover in Switzerland -- Almost Pride and prejudice : the wild films that never were -- Wild and wanton : the rise of Austen erotica -- Loving (and hating) Jane Austen -- Coda: Austen after 250.…”

Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr