The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream-the "dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck." The discovery of gold on the American River in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the...

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of...

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache war leader Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final fight for control of the American...

"The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace" von H. W. Brands ist eine umfassende Biografie über das Leben von Ulysses S. Grant, einem der bedeutendsten Generäle der amerikanischen Geschichte und dem 18. Präsidenten der...

"Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" von H. W. Brands ist eine umfassende Biografie über das Leben und die Präsidentschaft von Franklin D. Roosevelt, einem der einflussreichsten...

Gifted storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln-two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation's gravest sin. John Brown...