History

Unsinkable: The History of the Boston Whaler
Hardback
A definitive history of the popular Boston Whaler motorboat, back in print and updated to include the Whaler’s most transformative decade

Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America
Hardback
A Pulitzer-finalist historian charts a 250-year-old intellectual and political tradition—the conviction that all Americans are NOT created equal.

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

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

Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
Hardback
An acclaimed historian presents a sweeping new look at the Declaration of Independence, focusing not on the lofty principles of the preamble but on the list of grievances levelled against King George III


