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<title><![CDATA[KCLS American History titles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New American History titles added to the KCLS collection]]></description>
<copyright><![CDATA[King County Library System]]></copyright>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
<item><title><![CDATA[The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America / Timothy Egan.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of toda]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Egan, Timothy.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0618968415]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lost : a search for six of six million / Daniel Mendelsohn ; photographs by Matt Mendelsohn.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The author describes how his family was haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust and how he embarked on a determined search to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his lost ancestors' fate]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0060542993]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The age of Reagan : the conservative counterrevolution, 1980-1989 / Steven F. Hayward.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Hayward, Steven F.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1400053579]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncommon defense : Indian allies in the Black Hawk War / John W. Hall.]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Hall, John W. (John William), 1972-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0674035186]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago : a biography / Dominic A. Pacyga.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Pacyga, Dominic A.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0226644316]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown's trial / Brian McGinty.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[McGinty, Brian.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0674035178]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[A country called Amreeka : Arab roots, American stories / Alia Malek.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Malek, Alia, 1974-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1416589724]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression / Morris Dickstein.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this countr]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Dickstein, Morris.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0393072258]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguing with idiots : how to stop small minds and big government / written & edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe ; writers, Steve "Stu" Burguiere ... [et al.] ; contributors, Claire Calzonetti ... [et al.] ; illustrations, Paul E. Nunn.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Beck, Glenn.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1416595015]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091020]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Miami Babylon : crime, wealth, and power--a dispatch from the beach / Gerald Posner.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Posner, Gerald L.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1416576568]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091022]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Wood, Gordon S.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0195039149]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091023]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Concise historical atlas of the U.S. Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["The Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War is the only atlas that includes data maps and covers key issues before and after the war years. It balances military and non-military coverage, presenting maps that deal with political and social changes as well as campaign and battle maps." "Laid out chronologically and representing the complexity of the war both visually and textually, Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War is an ideal study aid. Through detailed presentation of physical geography, it highlights the role of the landscape in troop movements and in social and demographic developments. Students can follow all the major campaigns of both the eastern and western theaters, examine the tactical movements in the major battles, and explore the geographic patterns behind issues like emancipation, occupation, and internal conflicts. The atlas features maps dealing with such subjects as economic capacity (both agricultural and industrial), enlistment rates, and the movement of escaped slaves. The maps also integrate information on the divisions that existed within the North and the South themselves. Accessible to students with limited geographic knowledge, the maps are clearly labeled, with key features marked. Each map is accompanied by a short narrative that provides helpful contextual information." "Featuring uniquely comprehensive coverage, the Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War includes several maps situating the conflict in its antebellum origins as well as maps - of politics, sharecropping, and race relations - that extend the story through the end of Reconstruction. Ideal for use in U.S. Civil War History, Civil War and Reconstruction, and Southern History courses, this volume offers both novice and more experienced students new perspectives on the most significant events and circumstances of the era."--BOOK JACKET.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0195309561]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091024]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The Clinton tapes : wrestling history with the president / Taylor Branch.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While still a sitting president, Bill Clinton initiated a project to preserve for historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. Clinton talks intimately over seven years to his long-time friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, about what it's like to be president, highlighting major events from Clinton's two terms, including war in Bosnia, the anti-deficit crusade, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes, peace initiatives, the 1996 re-election campaign, and Whitewater investigations culminating in his 1999 impeachment trial.--Publisher descriptio]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Branch, Taylor.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1416543333]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091028]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[FDR's shadow : Louis Howe, the force that shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt / Julie M. Fenster.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A brilliant look at how the indomitable and enlightened Louis Howe became the mega-advisor of the Roosevelt Cla]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0230609104]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091030]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[A.D. : New Orleans after the deluge / Josh Neufeld.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Neufeld, Josh.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0307378144]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091030]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical atlas of the American West : with original maps / Derek Hayes.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Spectacular in scope and visually brilliant, this atlas presents a sweeping history of the American West through more than 600 original, full-color maps and extended captions. From the earliest human inhabitants and the first European explorers to the national parks and retirement resorts of today, this extensive collection chronicles the West from uncharted territory to a well-populated Eden. We bear witness as state lines strike through Native American territories, see the frontier crack open and the railroad's iron belt snake across the plains, and watch as the cities of the West, from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Albuquerque to Anchorage, rise and prosper. This is the first atlas to compile all the historically significant maps relating to the American West; it includes field sketches of battles, the first maps to show the West, maps depicting mythical rivers and fictional towns, and maps showing early conceptions of California as an island. Distilling many centuries into one fascinating volume, this atlas traces history as redwoods, mountains, and deserts become California, Montana, and Arizona, and offers a rare opportunity to see the West through the eyes of its earliest explorers."--BOOK JACKET.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Hayes, Derek, 1947-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0520256522]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091030]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The American Civil War : a military history / John Keegan.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geograph]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Keegan, John, 1934-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0307263436]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091103]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[First in peace : how George Washington set the course for America / Conor Cruise O'Brien.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Conor Cruise O'Brien, the distinguished international commentator and author, has been described as "a man who so persistently asks the right questions" (The Economist). In this book, written just before his death, Cruise O'Brien explores the presidency of George Washington and finds answers to the question of how early America's future was determined." "Exploring the dissension between Washington and Jefferson during the first U.S. presidency, First in Peace reveals Washington's clear-sighted political wisdom, and exposes the dangers of Jefferson's ideological support of the French Revolution - a theme Cruise O'Brien first explored in The Long Affair (1996). Cruise O'Brien makes the case that Washington, not Jefferson, was the true democrat, commending his clarity of vision in restoring good relations with Britain, his aversion to French political extremism, and his preference for order and pragmatism over the flaming rhetoric of the Jeffersonians." "The result is a final book that brilliantly displays Cruise O'Brien's analytical intellect and imaginative insight, and compels us to reconsider one of the most formative presidencies in American history."--BOOK JACKET.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0306816199]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091103]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville : excavating Manhattan's lost places of leisure / David Freeland.]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Freeland, David.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=081472762X]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091107]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanted--correspondence : women's letters to a Union soldier / edited by Nancy L. Rhoades and Lucy E. Bailey.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0821418041]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091110]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Braddock's march : how the man sent to seize a continent changed American history / Thomas E. Crocker.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Crocker, Thomas E.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1594160961]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091110]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature way / Corbin Harney, as told to and edited by Alex Purbrick ; foreword by Tom Goldtooth.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Corbin Harney was born into a Shoshone family on the Nevada-Idaho border. His grandparents raised him in the traditional ways of their people, teaching him the ancient spiritual beliefs that sustained their culture. The Nature Way is a rich compendium of Corbin Harney's experience and wisdom. His account of his life incorporates the tragic history of Native Americans in the Great Basin after the arrival of Euro-Americans, his realization of his own identity as a Native American, and his long study of his people's traditions and spiritual practices." "His summary of the Shoshone and Paiute use of indigenous plants for food and healing highlights their understanding that the Earth and her denizens and products must be respected and protected in order to preserve the connection that all creatures have with sacred Mother Earth. Finally, his account of his role as an antinuclear activist expands on his awareness of the human responsibility to protect the Earth, especially from the extreme danger posed by nuclear technology and nuclear weapons of mass destruction."--BOOK JACKET.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Harney, Corbin, 1920-2007.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=087417788X]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091110]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers / Thomas Fleming.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An intimate look at the founders--George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison--and the women who played essential roles in their live]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Fleming, Thomas J.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0061139122]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091111]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Best American political writing 2009 / edited by Royce Flippin ; with an introduction by Matt Taibbi ; [cartoon illustrations by Steve Brodner].]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1586487833]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091111]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Tinsel : a search for America's Christmas present / Hank Stuever.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In "Tinsel,"  Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas, a suburb at once all-American and completely itself, to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christma]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Stuever, Hank.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0547134657]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091113]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The preacher and the politician : Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and race in America / Clarence E. Walker and Gregory D. Smithers.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Barack Obama's inauguration as the first African American president of the United States has caused many commentators to conclude that America has entered a postracial age. The Preacher and the Politician argues otherwise, reminding us that, far from inevitable, Obama's nomination was nearly derailed by his relationship with Jeremiah Wright, the outspoken former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of Chicago. The media storm surrounding Wright's sermons, the historians Clarence E. Walker and Gregory D. Smithers suggest, reveals that America's fraught racial past is very much with us, only slightly less obviously so." "With meticulous research and insightful analysis, Walker and Smithers take us back to the Democratic primary season of 2008, viewing the controversy surrounding Wright in the context of key religious, political, and racial dynamics in American history. In the process they expose how the persistence of institutional racism. and racial stereotypes, became a significant hurdle for Obama in his quest for the presidency."--BOOK JACKET.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Walker, Clarence Earl.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0813928869]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091113]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The politically incorrect guide to the sixties / [Jonathan Leaf].]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Leaf, Jonathan.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1596985720]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091114]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Lincoln, life-size / by Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt, and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Kunhardt, Philip B., 1951-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0307270815]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091118]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Tear down this wall : a city, a president, and the speech that ended the Cold War / Romesh Ratnesar.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing on interviews with Reagan administration officials, journalists, historians, and eyewitnesses, the author focuses on Ronald Reagan's June 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate and his historic challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wal]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Ratnesar, Romesh.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1416556907]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091118]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in New York : an exploration of the world's most fascinating, frustrating, and irrepressible city / Sam Roberts.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Roberts, Sam, 1947-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0312387776]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091118]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[No place like home : notes from a Western life / Linda M. Hasselstrom.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Hasselstrom, Linda M.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0874177960]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091118]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Debating the Reagan presidency / John Ehrman and Michael W. Flamm.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Ehrman, John, 1959-]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=0742561399]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091119]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson, in his own words / edited by Robert C. Baron.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/search/i=1555917119]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20091119]]></pubDate>
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