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      A Journey North

      Louis P. Masur

      A storied friendship between two of America's founders--one that endured for fifty years--and the roadtrip that forged it. Between May 21 and June 6, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison…

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      The Soiling of Old Glory

      Louis P. Masur

      Now available as a paperback: the history of a disturbing image, now iconic, that expressed the turmoil of the 1970s and race relations in the United States, with a new…

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      The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Related Documents

      Louis P Masur

      The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, with Related Documents encourages you to think about how his work made a lasting impact on American society and culture through its accessible and inviting…

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      ‘The Real War Will Never Get in the Books’: Selections from Writers During the Civil War

      Drawing on a wide range of material, including diaries, letters, and essays, Masur captures the reactions, as the war was waged, of writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe…

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      The Sum of Our Dreams

      Louis P. Masur

      Masur's book is both sweeping and concise, offering an immersion in American history, from the pre-colonial era to the current moment, and covering all of the main themes and defining…

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      Lincoln’s Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union

      Louis P. Masur

      Masur tells the story of the period between September 22, 1862, when Lincoln issued his preliminary Proclamation, and January 1, 1863, when he signed the significantly altered decree.

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      The Challenge of American History

      This text brings together a sampling of scholarship to determine the key issues preoccupying students of American history and to contemplate the discipline’s direction for the future. The 15 summary…

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      Autumn Glory: Baseball’s First World Series

      Louis P. Masur (City College of the City University of NY)

      A suspenseful account of the glorious days more than a century ago when our national madness began, the first Major League Baseball World Series.

      A post-season series of games to…

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      1831: Year of Eclipse

      University Louis P Masur (City College of the City University of NY)

      1776, 1861, 1929. Any high-school student should know what these years meant to American history. But wars and economic disasters are not our only pivotal events, and other years have…

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      Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865

      Louis P. Masur (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Riverside)

      This study examines the conflict over capital punishment in the United States and the way it transformed American culture between the revolution and the Civil War, relating the shift in…

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      Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion

      Louis P. Masur (Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University)

      Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln’s final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War.

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      Lincoln’s Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion

      Louis P. Masur (Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University)

      Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln’s final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War.

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      The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

      Louis P. Masur (Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University)

      More than one hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its hold on the American imagination has not abated. This Very Short Introduction offers a concise history of…

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      The Civil War: A Concise History

      Louis P. Masur (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Institutions and Values, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Institutions and Values, Trinity College)

      One hundred and fifty years ago the Civil War began, and its hold on the American imagination has not abated since. This volume offers a concise history of the era…

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