History

Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History
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Epic and groundbreaking, Stealing America boldly rewrites American history by putting Native enslavement and rampant land theft at the epicentre of America’s past

Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America
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An illuminating story of the first-generation Jewish American toymakers who literally manufactured “the century of the child”

Newcomers: The Story of Anthony and Grietje and the Founding of New York
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The exceptional tale of an unorthodox, seventeenth–century married couple whose rags-to-riches story fundamentally rewrites our knowledge of American history at its very beginnings.

The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
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An astonishing true story—one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century—told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (Washington Post).

Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours
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On the 250th anniversary of his greatest achievement, two leading historians take on the question, “Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?”


