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Index
Cover
Contents
1776
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Epigraph
Part I: The Siege
Chapter One: Sovereign Duty
Chapter Two: Rabble in Arms
Chapter Three: Dorchester Heights
Part II: Fateful Summer
Chapter Four: The Lines Are Drawn
Chapter Five: Field of Battle
Part III: The Long Retreat
Chapter Six: Fortune Frowns
Chapter Seven: Darkest Hour
Acknowledgments
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
Brave Companions: Portraits in History
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
I: Phenomena
Chapter One: Journey to the Top of the World
Chapter Two: The American Adventure of Louis Agassiz
Chapter Three: The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe
II: The Real West
Chapter Four: Glory Days in Medora
Chapter Five: Remington
III: Pioneers
Chapter Six: Steam Road to El Dorado
Chapter Seven: The Builders
Chapter Eight: The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop
Chapter Nine: Long-Distance Vision
IV: Figures in a Landscape
Chapter Ten: Cross the Blue Mountain
Chapter Eleven: The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man
Chapter Twelve: Miriam Rothschild
Chapter Thirteen: South of Kankakee: A Day with David Plowden
V: On We Go
Chapter Fourteen: Washington on the Potomac
Chapter Fifteen: Extraordinary Times
Chapter Sixteen: Recommended Itinerary
Chapter Seventeen: Simon Willard’s Clock
Index
The Great Bridge
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Note
Part One
1. The Plan
2. Man of Iron
3. The Genuine Language of America
4. Father and Son
5. Brooklyn
6. The Proper Person to See
7. The Chief Engineer
Part Two
8. All According to Plan
9. Down in the Caisson
10. Fire
11. The Past Catches Up
12. How Natural, Right, and Proper
13. The Mysterious Disorder
14. The Heroic Mode
Part Three
15. At the Halfway Mark
16. Spirits of ‘76
17. A Perfect Pandemonium
18. Number 8, Birmingham Gauge
19. The Gigantic Spinning Machine
20. Wire Fraud
21. Emily
22. The Man in the Window
23. And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful
24. The People’s Day
Epilogue
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
John Adams
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Part 1
Chapter One: The Road to Philadelphia
Chapter Two: True Blue
Chapter Three: Colossus of Independence
Part 2
Chapter Four: Appointment to France
Chapter Five: Unalterably Determined Abigail in Paris
Chapter Six: Abigail in Paris
Chapter Seven: London
Part 3
Chapter Eight: Heir Apparent
Chapter Nine: Old Oak
Chapter Ten: Statesman
Chapter Eleven: Rejoice Ever More
Chapter Twelve: Journey’s End
Acknowledgments
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
The Johnstown Flood
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Illustrations
Epigraph
Chapter I: The sky was red
Chapter II: Sailboats on the mountain
Chapter III: “There’s a man came from the lake.”
Chapter IV: Rush of the torrent
Photo Insert
Chapter V: “Run for your lives!”
Chapter VI: A message from Mr. Pitcairn
Chapter VII: In the valley of death
Chapter VIII: “No pen can describe…”
Chapter IX: “Our misery is the work of man.”
List of Victims
Bibliography
Index
Mornings on Horseback
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Author’s Note
Part One
Chapter One: Greatheart’s Circle
Chapter Two: Lady from the South
Chapter Three: Grand Tour
Chapter Four: A Disease of the Direst Suffering
Chapter Five: Metamorphosis
Part Two
Chapter Six: Uptown
Chapter Seven: The Moral Effect
Chapter Eight: Father and Son
Part Three
Chapter Nine: Harvard
Chapter Ten: Especially Pretty Alice
Chapter Eleven: Home Is the Hunter
Chapter Twelve: Politics
Chapter Thirteen: Strange and Terrible Fate
Chapter Fourteen: Chicago
Chapter Fifteen: Glory Days
Chapter Sixteen: Return
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Photo Credits
The Path Between the Seas
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Front Author
Book One: The Vision 1870-1894
Chapter 1: Threshold
Chapter 2: The Hero
Chapter 3: Consensus of One
Chapter 4: Distant Shores
Chapter 5: The Incredible Task
Chapter 6: Soldiers Under Fire
Chapter 7: Downfall
Chapter 8: The Secrets of Panama
Book Two: Stars and Stripes for Ever 1890-1904
Chapter 9: Theodore the Spinner
Chapter 10: The Lobby
Chapter 11: Against All Odds
Chapter 12: Adventure by Trigonometry
Chapter 13: Remarkable Revolution
Chapter 14: Envoy Extraordinary
Book Three: The Builders 1904-19141
Chapter 15: The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas
Chapter 16: Panic
Chapter 17: John Stevens
Chapter 18: The Man with the Sun in His Eyes
Chapter 19: The Chief Point of Attack
Chapter 20: Life and Times
Chapter 21: Triumph
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
Index
Truman
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Epigraph
Part One: Son of the Middle Border
Chapter 1: Blue River Country
Chapter 2: Model Boy
Chapter 3: The Way of the Farmer
Chapter 4: Soldier
Part Two: Politician
Chapter 5: Try, Try Again
Chapter 6: The Senator from Pendergast
Chapter 7: Patriot
Chapter 8: Numbered Days
Part Three: To the Best of My Ability
Chapter 9: The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets
Chapter 10: Summer of Decision
Part Four: Mr. President
Chapter 11: The Buck Stops Here
Chapter 12: Turning Point
Chapter 13: The Heat in the Kitchen
Chapter 14: Fighting Chance
Part Five: Weight of the World
Chapter 15: Iron Man
Chapter 16: Commander in Chief
Chapter 17: Final Days
Part Six: Back Home
Chapter 18: Citizen Truman
Acknowledgments
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
Photo Credits
The Course of Human Events
Title Page
Copyright Page
Washington, D. C. May 15, 2003
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