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1	The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns (Read by) Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, the companion volume to the forthcoming PBS series, "The War" is the story of World War II captured in the hearts, minds, words, and deeds of those who made history at its most essential level: on the battlefields and on the homefront. see all copies from £6.82! new only from £7.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Civil War: An Illustrated History more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns The American Civil War was the largest war of the 19th century - the bloodiest and the most prolonged - and it marked a crossroads in American history. Three million men fought in it and over 600,000 died. This book includes a narrative history of the war, essays on various aspects of the war and extracts from contemporary diaries, letters and ... see all copies from £4.05! new only from £8.16! \| first editions
3	Jazz: A History of America's Music more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns This work brings to life the story of the quintessential American music - jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every colour, the book celebrates the effect the music had on America as a whole. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £19.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The West : an illustrated history more books like this by Geoffrey C. Ward A brilliant and definitive account of great military genius at work. see all copies from £2.43! new only from £12.30! \| first editions
5	Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life more books like this by Wynton Marsalis, Geoffrey C Ward The Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician and composer explores how an understanding of jazz can lead to deeper, more original ways of being, living, and relating, for individuals, communities, and nations. see all copies from £14.32! new only from £14.32!
6	Baseball: An Illustrated History more books like this by Kenneth Burns, Geoffrey C Ward From the authors and creators of "The Civil War," "Baseball: An Illustrated History" is the companion volume to the acclaimed public television series. In photographs, interviews, essays, and histories, the authors explore the national pastime from the mid-19th century to the present day. Many of the 'stars' from the televison series--John "Buck" ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £25.19! \| first editions
7	A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt more books like this by Geoffrey Ward Drawing upon thousands of original documents as well as interviews with Roosevelt family members and others who knew Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt intimately, this book provides a vivid, unsentimental, sometimes startling biography of the young lawyer who became our thirty-second president. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £71.01! \| first editions
8	Mark Twain more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan From the authors of "Jazz, Baseball, " and "The Civil War": the first fully illustrated biography of one of the central figures of literature--the American titan who gave readers Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and "Life on the Mississippi." A companion volume to the four-hour PBS television series. 150 illustrations, 40 in color. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
9	All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes more books like this by Robert Hunt Rhodes, Geoffrey C Ward (Foreword by), Elisha Hunt Rhodes Anyone who heard these diaries of a common Union soldier excerpted on the PBS-TV documentary The Civil War will recognize Elisha Hunt Rhodes' accounts of campaigns from Bull Run to Appomattox, which remain outstanding for their clarity and detail. "This remarkable diary chronicles the career of one of the Civil War's most remarkable soldiers".- ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Closest Companion: He Unknown Story of the Intimate Relationship Between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward An eminent historian and biographer, Ward has woven the diaries and letters, discovered after Margaret Suckley's death in 1991 in a battered suitcase under her bed, into a love story unlike any other. As affecting as it is eye-opening, this book provides dramatic new insight into the private life of one of this century's greatest presidents. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £17.69! \| first editions
11	Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905 more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.15! \| first editions
12 view cover	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward In this companion biography to the Ken Burns PBS television special, historian Geoffrey Ward tells of the life and times of the first African American to become the heavyweight boxing champion. Jack Johnson was a great athlete whose flamboyant lifestyle and prideful bearing engendered a strong reaction among the public in early 20th-century ... see all copies from £4.54! new only from £6.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Martha Saxton (Contributions by), Ann D Gordon (Contributions by) This dual-biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony focuses on their 50-year working relationship on behalf of women's rights. As feminism's "first wave", Cady Stanton and Anthony are often given credit for setting in motion the effort for women's suffrage, which was to culminate, after their deaths, in the passage of the 19th ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £12.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	The West more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward The companion volume to the eight-part television series. The book focuses on the 19th century and features over 450 photographs, newly commissioned maps, first-person accounts and letters, and commentary by noted historians. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.80! \| first editions
15	All for the Union more books like this by Robert H Rhodes (Editor), Stephen Topping (Editor), Geoffrey C Ward (Foreword by) Elisha Hunt Rhodes was a Union soldier who survived every major campaign of the Civil War. His diary is an eloquent eyewitness account of events that shaped a nation. All for the Union is history in its purest, most immediate form. 70 illustrations. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.01! \| first editions
16 view cover	Kindred Souls: The Devoted Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. David Gurewitsch more books like this by Edna P Gurewitsch, Geoffrey C Ward (Introduction by) Edna Gurewitsch, the wife of Eleanor Roosevelt's doctor David Gurewitsch, compiled this book about the close relationship between the first lady and her physician. Here she draws on memories and correspondence to portray a friendship. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Best American Essays 1996 more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward (Editor), Robert Atwan (Editor) In this lively, outstanding group of essays with a slightly different twist--one that looks out instead of in--Amitav Ghosh visits New Delhi during a moment of social upheaval; Change-Rae Lee welcomes readers into his family kitchen; Gerald Early analyzes the Afrocentric dream of a world without whites; Jonathan Raban hears "the last call of the ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.71! \| first editions
18 view cover	Baseball: An Illustrated History more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns From the authors and creators of "The Civil War," "Baseball: An Illustrated History" is the companion volume to the acclaimed public television series. In photographs, interviews, essays, and histories, the authors explore the national pastime from the mid-19th century to the present day. Many of the 'stars' from the televison series--John "Buck" ... see all copies from £6.12! new only from £23.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Civil War: The Complete Text of the Bestselling Narrative History of the Civil War--Based on the Celebrated PBS Television Series more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Ken Burns, Ric Burns This companion volume to the highly successful PBS series contains the same inventive methods used by Ken Burns and his team in that famous PBS documentary: a strong narrative and a graphically rich selection of maps, newspapers, paintings, and over 500 vintage photographs--all of which make this history lesson an enjoyably enlightening experience ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.56! \| first editions
20	American Originals: The Private Worlds of Some Singular Men and Women more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward see all copies from £4.78! new only from £8.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Together: How We Belong more books like this by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dave Barry, Troll Associates see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46!
22 view cover	The Civil War more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward This companion volume to the highly successful PBS series contains the same inventive methods used by Ken Burns and his team in that famous PBS documentary: a strong narrative and a graphically rich selection of maps, newspapers, paintings, and over 500 vintage photographs--all of which make this history lesson an enjoyably enlightening experience ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
23	Shadow Ball more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Jim O'Connor, Ken Burns One of this season's three official companion volumes to Ken Burns's much heralded PBS-TV documentary on baseball, Shadow Ball illuminates a key chapter in the history of baseball and America--the story of the outstanding black ballplayers who, barred from the majors for nearly 50 years, formed their own Negro leagues and fielded some of the ... see all copies from £7.26! first editions
24 view cover	Off the Record with FDR: 1942-1945 more books like this by William D Hassett, Jonathan Daniels (Introduction by), Geoffrey C Ward (Preface by) This is an almost day-by-day diary of FDR's 'off-the-record' moments, one of the most fascinating diaries to emerge in the 20th century. William Hassett -- a newspaperman and public relations executive -- was an assistant to an assistant secretary to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But he chose to become the presidents Boswell and he did his subject ... see all copies from £9.35! first editions
25	Who Invented the Game more books like this by Geoffrey C Ward, Lynn Novick, Paul Robert Walker An official companion volume to Ken Burns's much-heralded PBS-TV documentary on baseball, Who Invented the Game? is a fascinating history of America's great national pastime and how it came to be played the way it is today--a history as colorful and complicated as the history of the nation itself. Illustrated with dozens of dramatic archival ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.80! \| first editions

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