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04/19/2025

"One if by land, two if by sea." - 250 years ago today!

06/06/2024

Definitely not "suckers and losers."

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The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The o...

02/11/2024

In honor of Black History Month, we are placing Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, on sale until March 1 at $25 plus shipping. This is a very special limited edition, with illustrations by Barry Moser.

The link to this book on our website is:
https://www.americanhistorypress.com

The Amazon link is:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939995418?ref=myi_title_dp

Pennyroyal Press published a new edition of Frederick Douglass' Narrative of My Life as an American Slave in 2020 to mark the 175th anniversary of the Narrative's first appearance. It was printed letterpress by Tom Leech and James Bourland at the Press at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, ...

12/17/2023

Today is the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party!

In honor of this upcoming anniversary, The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is partnering with multiple organizations, communities, and businesses to create a series of collaborative, inclusive and commemorative programming throughout the entirety of 2023—culminating in a grand-scale reenactment on...

12/13/2023

Frederick Douglass's Narrative, published by American History Press and illustrated by Barry Moser, is on sale at Amazon for the next two weeks for $28.95!

Here is a direct link to the listing on Amazon:

Pennyroyal Press published a new edition of Frederick Douglass' Narrative of My Life as an American Slave in 2020 to mark the 175th anniversary of the Narrative's first appearance. It was printed letterpress by Tom Leech and James Bourland at the Press at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, ...

04/18/2023

On this day in 1790, Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia at the age of 84.

At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, George Washington sat in the "Rising Sun" chair, of which Franklin said, "I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun." On your next visit to the Museum, take a seat in the reproduction "Rising Sun" chair in our core galleries.

Visit: https://bit.ly/34CiSxy

02/14/2023

In honor of Black History Month, and especially on the anniversary of the birthday of Frederick Douglass, American History Press is pleased to announce a special offer for "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself" for the rest of the month.

This book, realistically illustrated by Barry Moser, can be purchased on Amazon or at our website. Of the hundreds of books illustrated by Mr. Moser, he considers this book, and the Bible, his most important works.

Barry Moser's Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Moser

Amazon's listing of the Narrative:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1939995418?ref=myi_title_dp

AHP's website listing for the Narrative:
https://www.americanhistorypress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=60

American History Press Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself With wood engravings by Barry Moser FREDERICK DOUGLASS, an American slave, and later a statesman, orator, author and abolitionist, was born in 1818....

08/08/2022

We lost a legendary historian yesterday.
https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/david-mccullough-dead.amp.html?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D =From%20%251%24s&aoh=16599878750311&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F08%2F08%2Fbooks%2Fdavid-mccullough-dead.html

His research — on Adams, Truman and so much more — was deep, his writing was lively, and his narrator’s voice in documentary films was familiar to millions.

07/02/2022

American History Press wishes everyone a Happy, Healthy, and Safe 4th of July! May we all join together and realize what a great country this could be if we could just stop arguing with one another!

[Originally entitled Yankee Doodle, this painting is one of several versions of a scene painted by A. M. Willard that came to be known as The Spirit of '76. ]

04/26/2022

Happy Birthday to Frederick Law Olmstead, one of American's foremost landscape architects!

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-26/

Frederick Law Olmsted | Shakespeare and the Folger

04/06/2022