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The southern frontier could be a cruel and unforgiving place during the early eighteenth century. The British colony of South Carolina was in proximity and traded with several Native American…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061521/First-in-the-South
Every four years presidential hopefuls and the national media travel the primary election circuit through Iowa and New Hampshire. Once the dust settles in these states, the nation's focus turn…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061518/Writing-War-and-Reunion
A collection of newspaper editorials written by one of the South's premier literary figures of the nineteenth century

William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was a novelist, poet, and essayis…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061482/The-Chief-Justiceship-of-William-Howard-Taft-1921-1930
A comprehensive study of the United States Supreme Court tenure of the only U.S. president to serve as chief justice

In The Chief Justiceship of William Howard Taft, 1921-1930, Jonathan…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061411/Grave-Landscapes
Growing urban populations prompted major changes in graveyard location, design, and use

During the Industrial Revolution people flocked to American cities. Overcrowding in these areas l…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061322/The-Ides-of-War
An examination of the powerful role human agency and rhetoric played in the founding of the nation

History tells us that on a day when the forces of civil government confront the forces…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061304/The-Press-and-Slavery-in-America-1791-1859
An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion

Slavery remains one of the United States' most troubling failin…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061074/The-Chief-Justiceship-of-Melville-W-Fuller-1888-1910
The safeguarding of economic rights during Fuller's tenure

In this comprehensive interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James W. Ely Jr., p…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061014/Deliver-Us-from-Evil
The harrowing firsthand account of how a European holiday turned into a flight for survival for a U.S. Congressman's daughter

On August 1, 1914, as the Great War erupted in Europe and f…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3061022/Pathways-to-the-Presidency
For serious historians and casual tourists alike, Pathways to the Presidency is an ideal travel guide to touring presidential homes and museums. Gerald and Patricia Gutek invite American histo…]]> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:15:21 -0800