Genre search:History

A distant mirror : the calamitous 14th century

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1978
Tags
Middle Ages, Manners and customs -- Fourteenth century., Coucy Enguerrand de 1340-1397., Nobility -- France -- Biography., France -- History -- 14th century.
Status
Available
Call number
944.025 Tuchman

On savage shores : how indigenous Americans discovered Europe

by Caroline Dodds Pennock
Paper Book, 2023
Tags
Indigenous peoples., Indigenous peoples -- Travel -- Europe., Indians of North America.
Status
Available
Call number
970.3 Pennock

The guns of August

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1962
Tags
World War 1914-1918 -- Campaigns Western Front.
Series
The Coming of the Great War (2)
Status
Available
Call number
940.4 Tuchman

The island at the center of the world : the epic story of Dutch Manhattan and the forgotten colony that shaped America

by Russell Shorto
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
New York (N.Y.) -- History., Manhattan (New York N.Y.) -- History., Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century., New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
Status
Available
Call number
974.7102 Shorto

The march of folly : from Troy to Vietnam

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Paper Book, 1984
Tags
History -- Modern., History -- Errors inventions etc., Power (Social sciences), Judgement.
Status
Available
Call number
909.08 Tuchman

Dreadnought : Britain, Germany, and the coming of the Great War

by Robert K. Massie, 1929-
Paper Book, 1991
Tags
William II German Emperor 1859-1941., Edward VII King of Great Britain 1841-1910., Dreadnought (Battleship)., World War 1914-1918 -- Causes., Germany -- History -- William II 1888-1918., Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII 1901-1910., Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918.
Status
Available
Call number
940.311 Massie

Castles of steel : Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea

by Robert K. Massie, 1929-
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War 1914-1918., Germany. Kriegsmarine -- History -- World War 1914-1918., World War 1914-1918 -- Naval operations --German., World War 1914-1918 -- Naval operations British.
Status
Available
Call number
940.45 Massie

The proud tower; a portrait of the world before the war, 1890-1914

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Paper Book, 1966
Tags
History -- Modern 20th century.
Series
The Coming of the Great War (1)
Status
Available
Call number
940.28 Tuchman

The Zimmermann telegram

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1966
Tags
World War 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history., World War 1914-1918 -- Causes., Zimmermann Arthur 1864-1940.
Status
Available
Call number
940.311 Tuchman

Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1971
Tags
World War 1939-1945 -- China., United States -- Foreign relations -- China., China -- Foreign relations -- United States., Stilwell Joseph Warren 1883-1946.
Status
Available
Call number
951.04 STILWELL Tuchman

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790.
Book, 1916
Tags
Special collection., United States -- Biography., Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Status
Available
Call number
973.3092 FRANKLIN Franklin

Practicing history : selected essays

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1981
Tags
Historiography -- Addresses essays lectures., History -- Modern 20th century.
Status
Available
Call number
907.2 Tuchman

Changes in the land : Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England.

by William Cronon
Paper Book, 1983
Tags
Indians of North America -- New England., Colonists -- New England., Ecology -- New England.
Status
Available
Call number
974.02 Cronon

The Book of Negroes : African Americans in Exile after the American Revolution

by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Book, 2021
Tags
African American loyalists, African American loyalists -- History -- 18th century, Enslaved persons -- Emancipation, African American loyalists -- Directories, African Americans -- Genealogy
Status
Available
Call number
973.314 Hodges

Bible and sword : England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

by Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim) 1912-1989 Tuchman
Book, 1956
Tags
Zionism -- History., Great Britain -- Relations -- Palestine., Palestine -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Status
Available
Call number
941 Tuchman

Everyday life in early America.

by David Freeman Hawke
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Series
Everyday Life in America-Harper (1)
Status
Available
Call number
973.2 Hawke

A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation.

by David W. Blight
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Washington John. 1838-1918., Turnage Wallace 1846-1916., Fugitive slaves -- Biography., United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865., African Americans -- Biography
Status
Available
Call number
973.71 Blight

Connecticut's indigenous peoples : what archaeology, history, and oral traditions teach us about their communities and cultures

by Lucianne Lavin
Paper Book, 2013
Tags
Indians of North America -- Connecticut., Indians of North America -- Connecticut -- Folklore., Indians of North America -- Antiquities.
Status
Available
Call number
974.601 Lavin

Bradford's history "Of Plimoth plantation" : from the original manuscript : with a report of the proceedings incident to the return of the manuscript to Massachusetts

by William Bradford, 1588-1657
Paper Book, 1899
Tags
Special collection., Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600-1775.
Status
Available
Call number
974.402 Bradford

Creating Connecticut: Critical Moments That Shaped a Great State

by Walter W. Woodward
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Connecticut -- History.
Status
Available
Call number
974.6 Woodward

Brethren by nature : New England Indians, colonists, and the origins of American slavery

by Margaret Ellen Newell
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
Indian slaves -- New England -- History., Slavery -- New England -- History., Indians of North America -- New England., New England -- Race relations.
Status
Available
Call number
974.004 Newell

True : the four seasons of Jackie Robinson

by Kostya Kennedy
Paper Book, 2022
Tags
Robinson Jackie 1919-1972., Baseball players, African Americans -- Biography
Status
Available
Call number
796.357 ROBINSON Kennedy

The Constitution of the United States.

by United States.
Pamphlet, n.d.
Tags
United States. Constitution., United States. Constitution. 1st-19th Amendments.
Status
Available
Call number
342.029 Constitution

King Philip's War : the history and legacy of America's forgotten conflict.

by Eric B. Schultz
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
King Philip's War 1675-1676., New England -- History -- Colonial period ca.1600-1775., Indians of North America -- New England.
Status
Available
Call number
973.24 Schultz

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. : Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the dawn of the modern woman.

by Sam Wasson
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Motion picture), Hepburn Audrey 1929-1993.
Status
Available
Call number
791.4372 Wasson

Revolution : mapping the road to American independence, 1755/1783.

by Richard H. Brown (Map collector)
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
United States -- History -- French and Indian War 1754-1763 -- Maps., United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- Maps., United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- Cartography., United States -- History -- 18th century -- Maps., United States -- History -- 18th century -- Cartography., United States -- Historical geography -- Maps., United States -- Civilization -- Indian influences., United States -- Civilization -- European influences.
Status
Available
Call number
973.302 Brown

Boss Tweed : the rise and fall of the corrupt politician who conceived the soul of modern New York.

by Kenneth D. Ackerman
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
Tweed William Marcy 1823-1878., Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography., Tweed Ring., Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century., New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
Status
Available
Call number
974.7104 TWEED Ackerman

"Good news from New England"

by Edward Winslow
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600-1775., Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth., Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), Indians of North America -- Massachusetts.
Status
Available
Call number
974.402 Wisecup

The great hurricane--1938.

by Cherie Burns
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
Hurricanes -- New England -- History -- 20th century., Hurricanes -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century., Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century., New England -- History -- 20th century.
Status
Available
Call number
551.55 1938 Burns

Connecticut's black soldiers : 1775-1783.

by David Oliver White, 1938-
Paper Book, 1973
Tags
African Americans -- Connecticut, United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- Afro-Americans., Connecticut -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783.
Status
Available
Call number
974.602 Connecticut v.4

Insubordinate spirit : a true story of life and loss in earliest America, 1610-1665

by Missy Wolfe
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
Hallett Elizabeth Fones Winthrop Feake 1610 -- approximately 1668., Greenwich (Conn.) -- History -- 17th century., Greenwich (Conn.) -- Biography., Women -- Connecticut -- Greenwich -- Biography., Connecticut -- Genealogy.
Status
Available
Call number
974.6908 HALLETT Wolfe

The colony of New Netherland : a Dutch settlement in seventeenth-century America

by Jaap Jacobs
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
New Netherland -- History., New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600-1775., Dutch -- New York (State) -- History -- 17th century.
Status
Available
Call number
974.702 Jacobs

The millionaires' unit : the aristocratic flyboys who fought the Great War and invented American airpower.

by Marc (Marc Josef) Wortman
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
World War 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations American., World War 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France., Aeronautics Military -- United States -- History, Upper class -- United States. Private flying -- United States -- Societies etc., College students -- United States.
Status
Available
Call number
940.44 Wortman

The case of the piglet's paternity : trials from the New Haven colony, 1639-1663.

by Jon C. Blue
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
Trials -- New Haven Colony., Trials -- Connecticut -- History., Justice Administration of -- Connecticut -- History., Law -- New-Haven Colony -- History.
Series
Driftless Connecticut Series
Status
Available
Call number
347.7 Blue

Home life in colonial days.

by Alice Morse Earle, 1851-1911
Paper Book, 1899
Tags
Children -- United States -- History -- 17th century., Children -- United States -- History -- 18th century., United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Status
Available
Call number
973.2 Earle

Fruits of victory : the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War.

by Elaine F. Weiss, 1952-
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
Women's Land Army of America -- History., World War 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States., World War 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States., World War 1914-1918 -- Participation Female., World War 1914-1918 -- Food supply -- United States., World War 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States., Women farmers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Status
Available
Call number
940.373 Weiss

Hidden history of colonial Greenwich

by Mary Wolfe
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
Pioneers -- Connecticut -- Greenwich -- Biography., Puritans -- Connecticut -- Greenwich -- Biography., Frontier and pioneer life -- Connecticut -- Greenwich., Culture Conflict -- Connecticut -- Greenwich -- History -- 17th Century., Greenwich (Conn.) -- History -- 17th century.
Status
Available
Call number
974.6908 Wolfe

Connecticut in the American Civil War : slavery, sacrifice, and survival.

by Matthew Warshauer, 1965-
Paper Book, 2011
Tags
Connecticut -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865., United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865.
Series
Driftless Connecticut Series
Status
Available
Call number
973.746 Warshauer

Captive! : the story of David Ogden and the Iroquois.

by Jack Harpster
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Odgen David, Indian captivities -- New York., Iroquois Indians -- New York.
Status
Available
Call number
974.7 Harpster

Street gang : the complete history of Sesame Street

by Michael Davis, 1952-
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
Sesame Street (Television program), Children's television programs.
Status
Available
Call number
791.4372 SESAME Davis

Like men of war : Black troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865.

by Noah Andre Trudeau, 1949-
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865 -- Participation African American., African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century
Status
Available
Call number
973.74 Trudeau

Connecticut signer : William Williams.

by Bruce P. Stark
Paper Book, 1975
Tags
Williams William 1731-1811.
Series
Connecticut Bicentennial Series (XII)
Status
Available
Call number
974.602 Connecticut v.12

Abigail Adams : a biography.

by Phyllis Lee Levin
Paper Book, 1987
Tags
Adams Abigail 1744-1818, Adams John 1735-1826, Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Status
Available
Call number
973.44 ADAMS Levin

Hetty : the genius and madness of America's first female tycoon.

by Charles Slack
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
Green Hetty Howland Robinson 1835-1916., Businesswomen, Securities industry -- United States., Wall Street (New York N.Y.) -- History., Women capitalists and financiers -- Biography., Millionaires -- Biography.
Status
Available
Call number
332.092 GREEN Slack

The old leather man : historical accounts of a Connecticut and New York legend

by Dan W. Deluca
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
Tramps -- New England -- History -- Sources., New England -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
Status
Available
Call number
305.5 DeLuca

The Gilded Age on Connecticut's Gold Coast : transforming Greenwich, Stamford and Darien

by Maggie Gordon, 1986-
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
Fairfield County (Conn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Economic aspects., Stamford (Conn.) -- History --19th century -- Economic aspects., Darien (Conn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Economic aspects., Greenwich (Conn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Economic aspects.
Status
Available
Call number
974.69 Gordon

Stone by stone : the magnificent history in New England's stone walls

by Robert M. Thorson, 1951-
Paper Book, 2002
Tags
Stone walls -- New England -- History.
Status
Available
Call number
693.1 Thorson

The Merritt parkway : the road that shaped a region.

by Laurie Heiss
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
Merritt Parkway (Conn.) -- History., Express highways -- Connecticut -- History.
Status
Available
Call number
388.1 Heiss

Western ways : remembering Mayo through the eyes of Helen Hooker and Ernie O'Malley

by Cormac K. H. O'Malley
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
Mayo (Ireland : County) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works., Ireland -- Manners and customs., Ireland -- Mayo (County), Ireland -- History.
Status
Available
Call number
941.7 OMALLEY O'Malley

Nearby history : exploring the past around you.

by David E. Kyvig
Paper Book, 1982
Tags
United States -- History Local., Local history.
Series
The Nearby History Series
Status
Available
Call number
973.072 Kyrig
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