United States (Bookshelf)

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprised of 50 states and several territories. Forty-eight contiguous states lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bounded on land by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south; Alaska is in the northwest of the continent with Canada to its east, and Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. The United States is a federal constitutional republic and a liberal democracy, with Washington, D.C. as its capital.

—Excerpted from United States on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Government

Famous Documents

The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America , Audio
The United States Constitution , Audio
Amendments to the United States Constitution and more
The Federalist Papers , Human read Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Madison, James, 1751-1836

Constitution

The Constitution of the United States; A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution Beck, James M., 1861-1936
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation; Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Corwin, Edward Samuel, 1878-1963 [Editor]
John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Corwin, Edward Samuel, 1878-1963
The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
Our Changing Constitution Pierson, Charles Wheeler, 1864-1934
Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
The Government Class Book; Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens Young, Andrew W.

History

General

E. Benjamin Andrews History of the United States Vol. I , Vol II , Vol. III , Vol. IV , Vol V , Vol VI
A Brief History of the United States Barnes & Co.
Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard History of the United States

vol 1

, vol 2: Conflict & Independence

Edward Channing A Short History of the United States
Home Life in Colonial Days Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910. Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

Vol 1: From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775

A Brief History of the United States McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932
A School History of the United States McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932
Comic History of the United States Nye, Bill, 1850-1896
A History of the United States Chesterton, Cecil, 1879-1918
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Barnes, William Horatio
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

France and England in North America; A Half Century of Conflict {{Ebook|24457|v. 1}, v. 2

, Part 3

The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century

Pioneers of France in the New World

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, by Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882 v. 1 , v. 2

Military

The Naval History of the United States, Abbot, Willis J., 1863-1934 Vol 1
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Loubat, J. F.
The Naval War of 1812; Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals; As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac Armstrong, William H.
History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. Duffy, Edward (c. 1865)
The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905
History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Kinnear, John R.
A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry Lippitt, Francis J. (Francis James), 1812-1902
Between the Lines; Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Smith, Henry Bascom, -1916

Regional or State

Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 ed. Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood
Colonial Records of Virginia
The Frontier in American History Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1861-1932
A Short History of Pittsburgh Church, Samuel Harden
Stories Of Ohio Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
Stories Of Georgia Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Stories of New Jersey Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902
The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960
Letters from Port Royal; Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Pearson, Elizabeth Ware
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Travel

Von Haparanda bis San Francisco. Reise-Erinnerungen (German) Wasserzieher, Ernst
Impressions of America; During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835 (English) Power, Tyrone

Vol 1