After commanding the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, General Washington stunned the world: He retired. Four years later, as he rode from Mount Vernon to lead...
To The Edges Of The Earth: 1909, The Race For The Three Poles, And The Climax Of The Age Of Exploration
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and...
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election Of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign [abridged]
"Pulitzer Prize-winner Larson vividly recounts America's first overtly partisan election.The colorful cast of Founders included Madison, Jay, Pinckney, Monroe and Samuel Adams;...