Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) codori From a soldier’s diary with

From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike

Jeff Shaara tells the story of America’s pivotal role in World War II: fighting to hold back the Japanese conquest of the Pacific while standing side-by-side with her British ally

A Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac (Civil War America)

fought during the campaign

With its empathetic and insightful consideration of human beings acting in almost unimaginably difficult and complicated family circumstances

Liberty’s Chain : Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York (David N. Gellman - CH) codori From a soldier’s diary withby David N. Gellman In Liberty's Chain, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists, and slaveholders alike, embodied the contradictions of the revolutionary age. The Jays of New York were a preeminent founding family. John Jay, diplomat, Supreme Court justice, and coauthor of the Federalist Papers, and his children and grandchildren helped chart the course of the Early American Republic. Liberty's Chain forges a new path for thinking