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The Collected Histories Of North Carolina, Oklahoma & South Carolina In this compelling fourth volume of The States of America series, historian Daniel Hardy explores three Southern states whose intertwined histories reveal fundamental truths about the American experience. North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina share profound connections through Native American displacement, the enduring legacy of slavery, and the ongoing struggle for civil rights and economic opportunity. From the Trail of Tears to the first shots at Fort Sumter, from the Greensboro sit-ins to the Tulsa Race Massacre...

The Histories Of Ohio, South Dakota & Wisconsin In One Collected Volume Far from the flyover country of popular imagination, the American Midwest has been a crucible where competing visions of democracy, identity, and progress have collided for centuries. In this compelling volume, Daniel Hardy examines three states that reveal the true complexity of the Midwestern experience. Ohio, the industrial powerhouse and perennial political battleground, has produced presidents and shaped national debates from abolition to labor rights to the fate of American manufacturing. South Dakota's sweeping ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of South Carolina From the rice plantations of the colonial Lowcountry to the textile mills of the twentieth century, from the first shots of the Civil War to the struggle for civil rights, South Carolina's story has been central to the American experience. This comprehensive history traces the Palmetto State from its Native American inhabitants through its transformation into a twenty-first century crossroads of the New South. The Palmetto State explores how South Carolina became one of colonial America's wealthiest provinces through the brutal ...

A sweeping history of the great state of Florida. From the ancient Calusa kingdoms to the modern Marvel of Disney World, Florida has always been a land of transformation. In The Sunshine State, acclaimed historian Daniel Hardy takes readers on an unforgettable journey through America's most captivating peninsula—a place where Spanish conquistadors searched for fountains of youth, where Seminole warriors made their final stand, and where dreamers and schemers have been reinventing paradise for over five centuries. Hardy masterfully weaves together Florida's epic story: the rise and fall of...

A Brilliant Collection of the Histories of the Great States of New England From the indigenous nations who first shaped this landscape to the digital economy transforming it today, the story of New England's three founding states reveals the making of American identity itself. This comprehensive collection traces how Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts emerged from shared colonial roots to forge distinct characters while remaining bound by geography, history, and culture. Discover how Puritan religious fervor created both remarkable civic institutions and explosive conflicts, how maritime...

In "The Volunteer State: A History of Tennessee," Daniel Hardy masterfully weaves an engaging tale that is as rich, diverse, and vibrant as the state itself. From the native tribes who first called this place home to the pioneers who pushed westward, and the crucial battles of the Civil War through the state's transformation in the 20th and 21st centuries, Hardy's vivid storytelling brings each era to life. "The Volunteer State" doesn't simply recount Tennessee's past; it delves into its soul. This meticulously researched book captures the spirit of the people - the courage of its ...

The Histories of Florida, Georgia, & Kentucky In One Collected Volume Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky—three states that embody the contradictions and complexities of the American South. In this compelling volume, Daniel Hardy traces the distinct yet interconnected histories of these pivotal southern states, revealing how each has navigated the tensions between tradition and transformation, between southern identity and American ambition. From Kentucky's role as America's first western frontier to Georgia's position as the heartland of both the Confederacy and the civil rights movement, ...

In One Volume, The Histories Of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia Four states. One revolutionary story. The Mid-Atlantic region is where America was born, tested, and continually remade. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, from the rise of industrial titans to the struggles of coal miners fighting for dignity, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia have stood at the center of the American experience. This volume explores the common threads binding these four diverse states: the revolutionary fervor that ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State Of Minnesota From the sophisticated societies of the Dakota and Ojibwe to the multicultural democracy of the twenty-first century, Minnesota's story is one of constant adaptation and renewal. This engaging history traces the transformation of the "land of sky-tinted waters" through waves of exploration, settlement, and reinvention that shaped the American Midwest. Meet the French voyageurs who opened the wilderness, the lumber barons who built industrial fortunes, and the immigrant farmers who turned prairie into productive farmland. Discover how ...

The Histoires of Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia In One Collected Volume Three states. One mountain range. A shared history written in blood, coal, and resilience. In this compelling volume of The States Of America series, Daniel Hardy explores the intertwined destinies of Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia—three states bound together by the Appalachian Mountains and forever marked by their role in America's most transformative conflicts. From Virginia's colonial beginnings at Jamestown to its emergence as the "Mother of Presidents," from Tennessee's frontier origins and Andrew ...

A Sweeping History Of The Great State Of South Dakota South Dakota is a place of stark contradictions: carved presidential faces gazing out from sacred Lakota land, booming cities surrounded by emptying small towns, and a frontier mythology that obscures as much as it illuminates. In this sweeping narrative history, the Mount Rushmore State emerges not as a forgotten flyover territory but as a crucible where the central tensions of the American experience have played out with unusual clarity and force. From the Paleo-Indian hunters who stalked mammoths across the ancient prairie to the tech...

A sweeping history of the great state of Hawaii. From ancient Polynesian voyagers navigating by stars to modern debates over sacred mountains, Hawaii's story is one of the most remarkable in American history. In The Aloha State, Daniel Hardy masterfully chronicles seventeen centuries of triumph, tragedy, and transformation in America's island paradise. This sweeping narrative begins with the first brave souls who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in double-hulled canoes, guided only by wind, waves, and ancestral knowledge. Hardy brings to life the rise and fall of Hawaiian kingdoms, ...

In One Volume, The Histories of Delaware, Maryland & New Jersey. Neither fully North nor South, the Mid-Atlantic states have always existed in between—and that's precisely what makes them essential to understanding America. This first volume explores three small states with outsized influence. Delaware, "The First State," may be tiny, but it became the legal home to more than half of America's corporations and cast the decisive first vote for the Constitution. Maryland, divided by the Chesapeake Bay and nearly torn apart during the Civil War, has reinvented itself repeatedly while ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of Michigan From the ancient Anishinaabe peoples who first shaped the landscape to the automotive pioneers who revolutionized the modern world, Michigan's story is one of constant transformation and remarkable resilience. This compelling chronicle traces the state's evolution from wilderness to industrial powerhouse to twenty-first-century innovator, revealing how the Great Lakes have defined both its geography and its character. The Great Lake State brings to life the lumber barons who stripped vast forests to build America, the copper and iron miners ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of Texas Step into the vast landscapes of the Southwest with Daniel Hardy's "The Lone Star State: A History of Texas." This comprehensive, engaging chronicle invites readers to traverse the epic tapestry of Texas, from its Native American origins and Spanish colonization to the frenzied oil boom and beyond. Hardy masterfully uncovers the state's paradoxical nature — a land of fierce independence and cultural assimilation, of wild west tales and cosmopolitan growth. Through riveting storytelling and painstaking research, he brings to life the famous ...

The Histories Of Nevada, New Mexico & Oregan In One Collected Volume In this masterful volume, Daniel Hardy explores three states that embody the complexity and contradictions of the American West. Nevada, New Mexico, and Oregon may occupy vastly different landscapes—from searing desert basins to rain-drenched forests—but their histories reveal surprising commonalities that illuminate the broader western experience. Hardy traces how isolation and distance shaped these territories, creating societies that viewed the federal government with both dependence and wariness. He examines the ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of North Carolina. From the mystery of the Lost Colony to the Research Triangle revolution, North Carolina's story defies simple narratives. This is a state that was last to join the Union and last to leave it, a place that perfected both Jim Crow segregation and progressive education reform, where tobacco fields and technology campuses coexist uneasily. The Tar Heel State traces North Carolina's journey from colonial backwater to sunbelt powerhouse, exploring how geography shaped three distinct regions into one fractious whole. It examines the state's ...

The Histories of Alaska, Arizona, California & Colorado In One Collected Volume From the midnight sun of the Arctic Circle to the sun-scorched deserts of the Southwest, from fog-wrapped Pacific shores to the soaring peaks of the Rockies, the American West has always been a place where geography shapes destiny. In this compelling volume, Daniel Hardy traces the dramatic histories of four states that embody the western experience in all its complexity and contradiction. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Hardy reveals how Alaska, Arizona, California, and Colorado transformed ...

The Histories of Missouri, Nebraska & North Dakota In One Collected Volume From the confluence of America's greatest rivers to the windswept prairies beneath endless skies, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota tell the epic story of the nation's westward expansion. In this masterful volume, Daniel Hardy traces how three distinct states shared a common destiny as thresholds between one America and another—gateways where settlement met frontier, where rivers carried dreams alongside commerce, and where the plow transformed wilderness into the world's breadbasket. Hardy illuminates the ...

The Histories Of Alabama, Arkansas & Delaware In One Collected Volume The States Of America: The South: Volume One launches an ambitious new series exploring the American South through intimate portraits of its constituent states. In this opening volume, Daniel Hardy examines three states that reveal the region's remarkable diversity: Alabama, Arkansas, and Delaware. These three states occupy crucial borderlands in American history. Delaware straddled the Mason-Dixon Line as a slave state that never seceded, its identity forever suspended between North and South. Alabama bridged the Deep ...