Browsing: Antebellum

This “entertaining and thought-provoking… sociological portrait” (Kirkus Reviews) profiles the unique past and present of Natchez, Mississippi. “A timely overview of the source of many deep-seated misperceptions and struggles” (Booklist starred review).

The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War In The Field of Blood,…

“Excellent…stunning.”—Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe devastating story of how fugitive slaves drove the nation to Civil WarA New York Times Notable Book Selection…

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They…

As it turned out the ointment was not petrifying (but being that there was no proof on that, Anwen along…

When General John Daniel Rourke is left for dead, schoolmistress Catherine Fitzgerald saves his life and the two begin to fall in love in the midst of war. But Catherine has a secret — she’s actually an heiress!

Emma Silvers might once have loved Jack Fontaine, but she can’t forgive him for leaving Virginia. And when the Union Army arrives on her doorstep, Jack is one of their officers…

How did the United States come to abandon the Jeffersonian ideal of government in favor of the Hamiltonian model? This eye-opening book reveals the truth — and lasting consequences — of an infamous rivalry.

At the center of the devastating forced removal of Native Americans from their land lay the political battle between two key figures: President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross. This “magnificent book” (The Washington Post) unravels their story and this harrowing moment in US history.

This New York Times bestseller depicts Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s personal and military life in vivid detail. “Superbly engaging” (Publishers Weekly starred review).