H.W. Brands

The Man Who Saved the Union

Trade Paperback | 752 pages | Anchor | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; Biography & Autobiography - Political
978-0-307-47515-2 (0-307-47515-8)

May 28, 2013 | $21.50

Ulysses Grant emerges in this masterful biography as a genius in battle and a driven president to a divided country, who remained fearlessly on the side of right. He was a beloved commander in the field who made the sacrifices necessary to win the war, even in the face of criticism...

The Man Who Saved the Union

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; Biography & Autobiography - Political
978-0-307-70166-4 (0-307-70166-2)

October 2, 2012 | $68.00



From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.

Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover...

The Man Who Saved the Union

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; Biography & Autobiography - Political
978-0-307-70170-1 (0-307-70170-0)

October 2, 2012 | $29.95



From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.

Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover...

The Man Who Saved the Union

eBook | 720 pages | Anchor | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; Biography & Autobiography - Political
978-0-385-53242-6 (0-385-53242-3)

October 2, 2012 | $16.99



From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.

Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover...

The Man Who Saved the Union

Hardcover | 736 pages | Doubleday | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; Biography & Autobiography - Political
978-0-385-53241-9 (0-385-53241-5)

October 2, 2012 | $39.95



From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.

Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover...

American Colossus

Trade Paperback | 704 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 19th Century; Biography & Autobiography - Business
978-0-307-38677-9 (0-307-38677-5)

October 4, 2011 | $20.50



In this grand-scale narrative history, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands brilliantly portrays the emergence, in a remarkably short time, of a recognizably modern America.
 
American Colossus captures the decades between the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century, when a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen transformed the United...

The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield

Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 19th Century
978-0-307-74325-1 (0-307-74325-X)

May 31, 2011 | $17.00

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie...

The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield

eBook | pages | Anchor | History - United States - 19th Century
978-0-307-74327-5 (0-307-74327-6)

May 31, 2011 | $12.99

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie...

The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States - 19th Century
978-0-307-93386-7 (0-307-93386-5)

May 31, 2011 | $16.00

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie...

American Colossus

eBook | 512 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 19th Century
978-0-385-53358-4 (0-385-53358-6)

October 12, 2010 | $13.99



In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the decades when capitalism was at its most unbridled and a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen utterly transformed America from an agrarian economy to a world power.

The years between the Civil War and the...

American Colossus

Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States - 20th Century
978-0-307-73746-5 (0-307-73746-2)

October 12, 2010 | $59.00



In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the decades when capitalism was at its most unbridled and a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen utterly transformed America from an agrarian economy to a world power.

The years between the Civil War and the...

American Colossus

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States - 20th Century
978-0-307-73747-2 (0-307-73747-0)

October 12, 2010 | $34.00



In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the decades when capitalism was at its most unbridled and a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen utterly transformed America from an agrarian economy to a world power.

The years between the Civil War and the...

The First American

eBook | 784 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
978-0-307-75494-3 (0-307-75494-4)

May 26, 2010 | $13.99



National Bestseller 

He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a mythic caricature in the public imagination. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography.

Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant...

Traitor to His Class

Trade Paperback | 912 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - Presidents; History - United States - State & Local
978-0-307-27794-7 (0-307-27794-1)

September 8, 2009 | $26.00

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents.
 
Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. W. Brands shows how Roosevelt transformed American government during...

The Age of Gold

eBook | 592 pages | Anchor | History - United States - 19th Century
978-0-307-48122-1 (0-307-48122-0)

December 10, 2008 | $13.99



“I have found it.” These words, uttered by the man who first discovered gold on the American River in 1848, triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. California’s gold drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth. It accelerated America’s imperial expansion and exacerbated the tensions that...