American History
A History Of the American People-Paul Johnson                                            
American's Constitution-A Biography-Akhil Reed Amar                                Done
Amar on the Constitution-online
Approaching Democracy: A New Legal Order for Eastern Europe
 SOME NEW WORLD LESSONS FOR THE OLD WORLD

THE DAVID C. BAUM LECTURE:
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN UNION

KENTUCKY AND THE CONSTITUTION:
     LESSONS FROM THE 1790S FOR THE 1990S

OF SOVEREIGNTY AND FEDERALISM
Liberty, Order, and Justice-An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles
of American Government
-James McClellan
States Rights and the Union-Imperium in Imperio 1776-1876-Forrest McDonald    Done  
The Debate on the Constitution-Part 1: September 1787 to February 1788    Reading      
The Debate on the Constitution-Part 2: January to August 1788
Original Meanings-Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution-
Jack N. Rakove                                                                                                     Done
Empire and Nation-Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania -John Dickinson
                                 Letters from The Federal Farmer-Richard Henry Lee
2nd edition, edited by Forrest McDonald                                                          Done
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay-The Federalist Papers
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
edited by Ralph Ketcham
Decision in Philadelphia-The Constitutional Convention of 1787-
Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier                                                            Done
A Brilliant Solution-Inventing the American Constitution-Carol Berkin               Done
The American Republic-Primary Sources-Edited by Bruce Frohnen
Libery and Order-The First American Party Struggle-edited by Lance Banning
E Pluribus Unum-The Formation of the American Republic 1776-1790-
Forrest McDonald                                                                                                      Done
The Webster-Hayne Debate on the Nature of the Union-Selected Documents
Edited by Herman Belz                                                                                             Done
Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause-Land, Farmers, Slavery and the Louisiana Purchase-
Roger G. Kennedy
What Kind of Nation-Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall And the Epic Struggle to Create a United States-James F. Simon   Done
Adams vs Jefferson-The Tumultuous Election of 1800,  John Ferling
Origins of the Bill of Rights-Leonard W. Levy
The Bill of Rights and the States-The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins
of  American Liberties, edited by Patrick T. Conley and John P. Kaninski  new
James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights,  Richard Labunski   new
The Amendment That Refused to Die-Equality and Justice Deferred-A History of the Fourteenth Amendment-Howard N.Meyer (Updated Edition)
The American Revolution-A History-Gordon S. Wood                                          Done
The History of the American Revolution-David Ramsay,
edited by Lester H. Cohen, in 2 Vols.                                           Vol 1.& 2.             Done       
1776-David McCullough                                                                                           Done
American Creation-Triumphs and Tragedies At the Founding of the Republic
Joseph J. Ellis                                                                                                                                             Done  
The Perils of Peace-America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown-Thomas Fleming New12-20-07
The Rise of American Democracy-Jefferson to Lincoln-Sean Wilentz    
The First American-The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin-H. W. Brands    Done
John Adams-David McCulloughm                                                             
Alexander Hamilton-American--Richard Brookhiser   
James Madison- The Founding Father-Robert Allen Rutland                                Done
James Madison-A Biography--Ralph Ketcham                                                                       Done
Henry Adams and the Making of American-Garry Wills                                       Done
John Hancock-Merchant King and American Patriot, Harrold Giles Unger new
Not Just Wives-Women of Colonial Philadelphia-Karin Wulf
Women's Voices-Documents in Early American History
Edited by Carol Berkin & Leslie Horowitz
Liberty's Daughters-The Revolutionary Experience of American Women 1750-1800
Mary Beth Norton    New 5-25-08
The Americans-The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin
The Whiskey Rebellion-George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the frontier
Rebels who challenged America's new found Sovereignty, William Hogeland  new
Loosening the Bonds Mid-Atlantic Farm Women 1750-1850
Joan M. Jensen
Neither Lady Nor Slave-Working Women of the Old South-                             Done
edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie
The French and Indian War-Deciding the Fate of North America-Walter R. Borneman  Done  
1812 The War That Forged a Nation-Walter R. Borneman
The War of 1812-A Forgotten Conflict-Donald R. Hickey   New 5-25-08
1812 War With America-John Latimer   (The British Perspective)  New 5-25-08
Liberty and Power-The Politics of Jacksonian America-Harry L. Watson        Done
Witnessing America-Library of Congress Book of Firsthand Accounts of Life in America 1600-1900-Compiled and Edited by Noel Rae                                                      Done
Celia, A Slave-Melton A. McLaurin                                                                     Done
Denmark Vesey-The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led
 It -David Robertson                                                                                             Done
Nat Turner-A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory-edited by Kenneth Greenburg
(A companion to the PBS Documentary film, Nat Turner--A Troublesome Property.        Done
Fugitive Slave in the Gold Rush-Life and Adventures of James Williams-James Willians  Done
Sins of the Fathers- The Atlantic Slave Traders-1441-1807-James Pope-Hennesy    Done
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey-Lillian Schlissel                                       Done
Faith and Betrayal-A Pioneer Woman's Passage in the American West      (1851-1883)
Sally Denton
Bold Spirit , Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian American
Linda Lawrence Hunt
A mother and daughters walk, from Washington State to New York City in 1896, to try and win a prize of $10,000 to save her family's farm.                                                                        Done
My Ever Dear Charlie-Letters Home from the Dakota Territory, The Draper Family Trust.  new
The Tide of Empire-America's March To The Pacific-Michael Golay                        Reading
Men with Sand-Great Explorers of the North American West-John Moring              Done
The Oregon Trail-Frances Parkman, with an introduction by John P. Langellier               Done
The Age of Gold-The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream,   H.W. Brands new
Nothing Else Like it In The World-
The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad-1863-1869- Stephen E. Ambrose        Done
The Path Between the Seas-The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
David McCullough                                                                                                           Done
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783  A.T.Mahan
                  Updated  7-14-08

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