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American Historical Documents : 1000–1904. 1909–17.47 works trace the United States from the settling of the continent to early twentieth-century international relations.
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States . 1989.Illustrated and annotated edition of all Inaugural addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush.
Volumes
Adams, Henry . 1918. The Education of Henry Adams .An honest and probing reflection of one man’s life in relation to the world around him.
Bacon, Francis 1909–14. Essays, Civil and Moral .
Whether turning a phrase or observing the politics of the day, the Essays epitomize Bacon as the master of English prose.
1909–14. The New Atlantis .
This account of an ideal state reveals both practical methods and unique fantasy.
Burke, Edmund 1909–14. A Letter to a Noble Lord .
A personal defense from the master of prosaic irony.
1909–14. Reflections on the French Revolution .
The prophetic warning against the pulling down of all that is good in society with the bad.
Cicero . 1909–14. Letters .
The epistles of the great orator and politician offer both personal insight and policy initiative.
Du Bois, W.E.B . 1903. The Souls of Black Folk .W.E.B. Du Bois sets out to show to the reader “the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century.”
Grant, Ulysses S . 1885–86. Personal Memoirs .Among the greatest of military memoirs, Grant wrote to the last month of life to restore his family fortunes.
Harrison, William. 1909–14. A Description of Elizabethan England .
Observations and comments on life in pre-Elizabethan England.
Jusserand, Jean Jules . 1916. With Americans of Past and Present Days .Seven Pulitzer Prize–winning biographical vignettes trace U.S.–French relations.
Lincoln, Abraham . 1897. Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas .The seven masterpieces of debate on the evil of slavery.
Mill, John Stuart . 1869. On Liberty .
This timeless essay addresses points on civil liberties that resonate into our twenty-first century world.
Milton, John . 1909–14. Areopagitica .
Responds to attempts of the day to “license,” or ban, religious and political writings.
Paine, Thomas . 1776. Common Sense .An instant bestseller, this popular pamphlet set the foundation for the “Declaration of Independence.”
Pliny the Younger . 1909–14. Letters .A glimpse into the daily life of a Roman patrician.
Plutarch . 1909–14. Lives .Biographies of Greeks and Romans aimed more at the kernel of a man than the facts of his life.
Rhodes, James Ford . 1917. History of the Civil War , 1861–1865.The Pulitzer Prize–winning chronicle for the general reader of four bloody years that stemmed from the practice of slavery.
Riis, Jacob . 1890. How the Other Half Lives .
Through sensationalist prose and photography, Riis reveals the appalling living conditions in the Lower East Side of turn-of-the-century New York City.
Roosevelt, Theodore 1899. The Rough Riders .
Roosevelt’s memoir of his adventures, triumphs and defeats in the Spanish-American War.
1913. An Autobiography .
The life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken Presidents in American history.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques . 1909–14. On the Inequality among Mankind .
The movers of the French Revolution would embrace the ideas elaborated herein.
Smith, Adam . 1909–14. Wealth of Nations .
The first complete system of political economy by the articulator of laissez-faire capitalism.
Voltaire . 1909–14. Letters on the English .An examination of the English free thinkers, scientists, religion and government.
Washington, Booker T . 1901. Up from Slavery .
This autobiographical work reveals a forceful and potent voice in the fight for African-American equality from a century ago.
Wollstonecraft, Mary . 1792. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman .
The first great feminist treatise.
