Melvin Claxton, Author, Mark Puls, Author, Claxton, Author . Wiley $24.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-471-46823-3
The terrible, but ultimately victorious, 1864 assault on New Market Heights, a vital outpost in the defense of Richmond, Va., forms the centerpiece of Claxton and Puls's Civil War history, which highlights the bravery and sacrifice of African-Ame
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Mark Puls, Author . Palgrave Macmillan $24.95 (273p) ISBN 978-1-4039-7582-9
The argument of this brisk biography is summed up by the subtitle: Sam Adams (1722–1803)—whom most Americans know principally as that jolly guy on the beer bottles—was a major architect of American independence. Indeed, he was the...
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Mark Puls, Author . Palgrave Macmillan $26.95 (282p) ISBN 978-1-4039-8427-2
In this brisk, informative biography, journalist and author Puls (Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
) celebrates Gen. Henry Knox, “a remarkably ubiquitous presence during America’s founding generation,” who has been &#
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