A visionary journey into the crucible in which America was born, a tale of love and war and of a master shaman who folds time to seek the key to the survival of his people.

A guide to the important but half-forgotten chapters of New York State’s French history.

Wide ranging, interdisciplinary look at the emergence and persistence of the concept of American Exceptionalism in US culture and history.

Examines the relationship of lynching to black and white citizenship in the 19th and 20th century U. S. through a focus on historical, visual, cultural, and literary texts.

Traces the spiritual, psychological, and intellectual evolution of one of America’s most important cultural figures.

Chronicles the Civil War experiences of four brothers from New York’s Hudson Valley.

A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.

Recovers Walt Whitman as a self-conscious religious figure with an ethic based in male comradeship, one at odds with the temper of his times.

Study of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in public administration.

Uses the interdisciplinary approach of evolutionary economics to explore the history of land domestication in the United States.

Examines major challenges to the Fist Amendment and focuses on the extremely important paradigm shift of freedom of expression in the post-9/11 era.

Explores how the process of memorialization keeps the past alive in the present and shapes the way we imagine our possible futures.

A journey into Albany’s historic past and the city’s role in three pivotal historical narratives: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the construction of the Erie Canal.

Collection of quotations and judicial opinions of federal appellate judge Richard A. Posner

Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

A wildly entertaining historical adventure, deep inside the crucible in which America was forged.

Traces the history of two rival American economic moralities from colonial times to the present.

Fascinating stories of ordinary people in the Middle Colonies who remained loyal to the Crown.

Biography of famous black abolitionist and voting rights advocate, Robert Purvis.

Explores John Quincy Adams’s oratorical work in support of government-funded science.

The first full-length biography of Timothy D. "Big Tim" Sullivan, who dominated New York City politics in the three decades prior to World War I.

Examines the many facets of the Hudson's rich history, distinctive regional culture, and important contributions to the development of modern America.

A comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

An epic adventure based on the extraordinary historical story of Sir William Johnson and the author's dreams of a Mohawk "woman of power" who lived three centuries ago.

Tells the story of Poughkeepsie’s transformation from small city to urban region.