"The Beauty of the Land": Pierre Daura's Vision of Virginia
This exhibition catalog presents a large group of Pierre Daura's Virginia works, which were on view at the Virginia Historical Society through January 2007. $20.00
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Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign
This new approach to a defining battle is sure to fascinate Civil War buffs and all those interested in the rich history of the United States. $19.95
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Beyer Landscape Notecards
This notecard set features two landscape paintings by Edward Beyer. Set includes 8 assorted notecards and envelopes. $9.95
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The Big Bang: Brown v. Board of Education and Beyond
Get an inside look at the Civil Rights Movement with this autobiography of Oliver W. Hill, Sr., who served as one of the plaintiff attorneys for the landmark case. $24.95/19.95
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Commonwealth and Community
Melvin Urofsky shows, aside from their religious beliefs, there is little to distinguish Virginia Jews from their Christian neighbors. $11.95
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The Correspondence of William Nelson
Nelson served as acting governor until the arrival of Lord Dunmore in September 1771. $12.50
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Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861
Nelson D. Lankford's new book is a compelling re-creation of the eight crucial weeks preceding the Civil War. $27.95
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 Guide to African American Manuscripts in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society
This guide provides access to a diverse and significant set of records that chronicle African American life in Virginia and the nation. $17.00
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A Guide to the Records of Best Products Co., Inc.
Best Products Co., Inc., left an indelible mark on the financial and cultural landscape of Virginia. $15.00
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Images from the Storm
The Civil War legacy of Robert Knox Sneden is an unparalleled treasure trove of words and pictures. $50.00
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Incidents of My Life: Edmund Ruffin's Autobiographical Essays
Edmund Ruffin (1794–1865) is remembered as an innovative American agriculturalist and pioneer in soil chemistry–and as an advocate of southern secession. Here, published for the first time, are the two surviving volumes of Ruffin's manuscript memoirs, written in 1851 with additions in 1853 and 1855. $15.00
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Kanawhan Prelude to Nineteenth-Century Monopoly in the United States
In Kanawhan Prelude, historian John Edmund Stealey III presents the foundational legal documents for the salt industry in western Virginia in the antebellum era. $11.95
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 Lee and Grant
This study provides the first major re-assessment of the lives, careers, and historical impact of Civil War generals Lee and Grant and addresses the question: "How should Lee and Grant be evaluated in 2007, the 200th anniversary of Lee's birth?" $60.00/$35.00
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The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717–1742
This absorbing letterbook provides a remarkable window into the life and struggles of John Custis from 1717 to 1742. $55.00
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The Life of Washington Notecards
This handsome collection of notecards features eight paintings by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. $9.95
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Marching to Victory: Captain Benjamin Bartholomew's Diary of the Yorktown Campaign, May 1781 to March 1782
Bartholomew's diary reveals the remarkable saga of a revolutionary warrior. $7.95
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The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor, 1758-1768
This collection of Fauquier's official papers while lieutenant governor provides fascinating and informative views of day-to-day politics. $37.50
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Opportunity Time
A disarmingly candid memoir that offers a behind-the-scenes account of Virginia governor Linwood Holton's private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation. $27.95
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Painted History: The Landscapes of Valley View Farm
The paintings will endure as a lasting record of a place, time, and lifestyle. $14.95
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Photography in Virginia
A companion to the upcoming exhibition, Photography in Virginia covers images made within the state's borders from the 1840s to the 1960s. $45.00
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 The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory
The companion catalog to the VHS exhibit, which is the first-ever critical analysis by a southern institution of an episode that, on the eve of the Civil War, broke open sectionalist fissures. Brown demanded that his contemporaries take a moral stance on slavery, and to this day a mention of his attack spurs debate about issues of justice, terrorism, liberation, and vigilantism. $9.95
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The Story of Virginia
A powerful historical chronicle of the state. $24.95
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Sydney and Frances Lewis: A Guide to the Papers
Sydney and Frances Lewis have left an indelible mark on both the economic life and the cultural landscape of Virginia and the nation. $15.00
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 Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington
In this compelling biography, Robert J. Norrell reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. $35.00
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Virginia in Song Notecards
The music covers illustrated on these notecards are in the William W. Cole Sheet Music Collection at the Virginia Historical Society. $9.95
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The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945
Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward present an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world. $50.00
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The War: A Ken Burns Film (DVD)
This seven-part documentary series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective. $99.95
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