Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson
Author: John Bowers
Publisher: Avon Books
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1990-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780380711642

Applying a novelist's shaping hand to history, Bowers gives a dramatic closeup of one of the most important generals of the South--his childhood as a poor orphan shuttled among strict relatives, his two marriages, and the driving ambition he fought to control throughout his life.

Standard Catalog of U.S. Paper Money

Standard Catalog of U.S. Paper Money
Author: William Brandimore
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009-10-09
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1440225737

As prices and popularity of the paper money market continues to grow, this one-of-a-kind guide keeps up with the times, and keeps collectors informed. The only all-encompassing U.S. paper money guide with up-to-date market prices and full-color photos, this book covers all angles. From pre-Civil War certificates to notes issued within the last couple years, this go-to-guide has all the pricing, identifying data and detailed photos collectors need.

Portrait of America

Portrait of America
Author: Jerrold Hirsch
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807854891

How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring and seemingly permanent questions Americans have asked themselves throughout their history-and questions that were ad