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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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450007/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4450004/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449968/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449897/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449880/English-Ethnicity-and-Culture-in-North-America
Ten scholars examine English identity, what makes it distinct, and its role in shaping American culture

To many, English immigrants contributed nothing substantial to the varied palette…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449809/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449738/Florida-Founder-William-P-DuVal
The biography of a well-connected but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician

In Florida Founder William P. DuVal, James M. Denham provides the first full-length biography of th…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449512/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4449563/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…]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:30 -0700