1783-1865

An alphabetical guide to the major writers and works associated with the American Transcendentalist movement of the nineteenth century includes entries covering significant places, concepts, and periodicals of the movement.

A biography of President John Quincy Adams, discussing his childhood, family, interest in politics and his career as a president and congressman.

Explores the lives and careers of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.

In the early nineteenth century, the United States turned its idealistic gaze southward, imagining a legacy of revolution and republicanism it hoped would dominate the American hemisphere. From pulsing port cities to Midwestern farms and southern plantations, an adolescent nation hailed Latin America?s independence movements as glorious tropical reprises of 1776. Even as Latin Americans were gradually ending slavery, U.S. observers remained energized by the belief that their founding ideals were triumphing over European tyranny among their ?sister republics.? But as slavery became a violently divisive issue at home, goodwill toward antislavery revolutionaries waned. By the nation?s fiftieth anniversary, republican efforts abroad had become a scaffold upon which many in the United States erected an ideology of white U.S. exceptionalism that would haunt the geopolitical landscape for generations. Marshaling groundbreaking research in four languages, Caitlin Fitz defines this hugely significant, previously unacknowledged turning point in U.S. history.

In 1852, a fourteen-year-old orphan and her elderly guardian, accompanied by a tough drover and his crew, take several thousand sheep from Iowa to California, returning by ship through the Panama Canal, to raise money to save the girl's home from a villainous debt collector.

Learn about the powerful people who guided the nation through the revolution and the new nation.

Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the years between 1776 and 1815, discussing the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitutional Convention, the Bill of Rights, and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Presents recipes used during the American Civil War, intertwining history and cuisine for insights into the lives of soldiers on the battlefield and their loved ones at home.

"[Describes] New Hampshire's early industry, its urban growth and development, and the key role it played in the American Revolutionary War ... the French and Indian War, taxation dissent, and fight for independence."--Provided by publisher.

Explores Rhode Island's history during its time as a British colony.