A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
By: Frederick Law Olmsted
3.93
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1852, Frederick Law Olmsted, began his first journey down the Eastern Seaboard to visit the slav…
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By: Wooden Leg , None
3.74
Format: 296 pages,
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2. The Rainbow
By: D.H. Lawrence , Daphne Merkin
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A controversial classic from D.H. Lawrence, the author of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Lush with religi… read more
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By: Boo Walker
4.14
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Red Mountain in eastern Washington is home to a community of eccentrics. Otis Till, the area's visi… read more
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4. The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
By: Bruce Levine
3.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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4.60
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6. The Flower Sisters
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4.08
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
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By: Eoin Dempsey
4.12
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8. The American Countess (An American Heiress Book 2)
By: Linda Bennett Pennell
4.40
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
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9. The Gilded Cage
By: Luisa A. Jones
4.18
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
1897. Rosamund bows her head and steps slowly down the aisle. The satin of her gown whispers agains… read more
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3.91
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11. Fear: Trump in the White House
By: Bob Woodward
3.87
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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12. Varina
By: Charles Frazier
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Herman Lehmann
4.17
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
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14. Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
By: Fanny Kelly
3.87
Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
By: Mary L. Trump
3.82
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. The Secret Orphan
By: Glynis Peters
3.93
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph
By: Kate Braithwaite
4.30
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
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18. Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
By: Tony Horwitz
3.98
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the A… read more
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"Bowlin was previously divorced and had learned a thing or two. "Set of titties or a college education-buy either of those for your old lady and she's done," he said, "She doesn't need you anymore."-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
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19. Across the Plains in 1884
By: Catherine Sager
3.65
Format: 82 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Ypres, 1917: A Personal Account (Full Pack — A Private’s War)
By: NORMAN GLADDEN
4.26
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
By: Frederick Law Olmsted
3.93
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
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