Deep Backlist

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  Book/Printed Material Mapping the West with Lewis and Clark

  A keepsake volume that examines the critical role that maps played in President Thomas Jefferson’s vision of a formidable republic.

  • Contributor: Ralph E. Ehrenberg and Herbert J. Viola
  • Publication Date: 2015-08-15
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  Book/Printed Material Magna Carta

  Publication of this volume coincided with a Library of Congress exhibition commemorating both the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, as well as the Library’s role in preserving the Lincoln Cathedral copy of the Magna Carta during WWII.

  • Contributors: Randy J. Holland (editor), John G. Roberts, Jr. (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2014-10-29
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  Book/Printed Material The Forgotten Fifties

  A photographic portrayal of the fifties, a dynamic era that sparked a transformation in America’s political and cultural identity.

  • Contributors: James Conaway (author), Alan Brinkley (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2014-08-26
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  Book/Printed Material Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges

  The first authorized facsimile of Christopher Columbus’s Book of Privileges.

  • Contributors: John W. Hessler, Chet Van Duzer, and Daniel De Simone (contributors)
  • Publication Date: 2014-07-14
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  Book/Printed Material Explorers Emigrants Citizens

  With rich images and fascinating stories, the 500-year history of Italians in America jumps off the pages of this compelling book.

  • Contributors: Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia (authors), Martin Scorsese (foreword), Antonio Canovi and Mario Mignone (contributors)
  • Publication Date: 2013-10-16
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  Book/Printed Material Football Nation

  This book is an unprecedented look at football from its early days in colonial America to the professional and college game in the twenty-first century, featuring nearly 400 images, many rare or never before published.

  • Contributors: Susan Reyburn (author), James H. Billington (contributor)
  • Publication Date: 2013-10-08
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  Book/Printed Material Great Photographs from the Library of Congress

  This interactive e-book features more than 700 extraordinary photographs from the Library of Congress.

  • Contributors: Helena Zinkham (author), Aimee Hess (editor)
  • Publication Date: 2013-09-30
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  Book/Printed Material The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610

  This beautiful volume includes a full-color facsimile of Galileo Galilei’s Siderius Nuncius, the definitive translation by Albert Van Helden, and essays from six leading Galileo scholars who address the monumental impact of his discoveries.

  • Contributor: John W. Hessler and Daniel De Simone (editors)
  • Publication Date: 2013-01-01
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  Book/Printed Material Seeing the World Anew

  A keepsake edition highlighting two extraordinarily rare sixteenth-century maps.

  • Contributors: John W. Hessler and Chet Van Duzer (authors), Ralph E. Ehrenberg (afterword)
  • Publication Date: 2012-08-01
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  Book/Printed Material Presidential Campaign Posters from the Library of Congress

  An oversized collection of the most striking and historically intriguing presidential campaign posters from throughout American history.

  • Contributor: Brooke Gladstone (contributor)
  • Publication Date: 2012-05-15
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  Book/Printed Material Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895–1935

  Presents for the first time reproductions of 250 hand-painted lantern slides of urban and suburban gardens taken by photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston.

  • Contributor: Sam Watters
  • Publication Date: 2012-04-11
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  Book/Printed Material Railroad Stations

  From the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture, Design and Engineering series, a visual feast of images chronicling the history and stylistic character of one of our nation’s most iconic building types.

  • Contributor: David Naylor
  • Publication Date: 2011-11-14
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  Book/Printed Material Long Remembered

  A collector’s edition of a classic originally published in 1963 to commemorate the centennial of the Gettysburg Address.

  • Contributor: Douglas L. Wilson and John R. Sellers (contributors)
  • Publication Date: 2011-10-04
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  Book/Printed Material The Photography of Carl Mydans

  Carl Mydan’s work was distinguished by his ability to tell an entire story in a single image.

  • Contributors: Amy Pastan (editor), W. Ralph Eubanks (foreword), Annie Proulx (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2011-06-29
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  Book/Printed Material The Library of Congress

  Originally published in 2001, this charming book presents an A to Z look at the art, architecture, and sculpture of the Library of Congress.

  • Publication Date: 2011-06-16
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  Book/Printed Material Connecticut

  This selection in the Mapping the States through History series features Connecticut.

  • Contributors: Diana Ross McCain (author), Vincent Virga (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2010-11-23
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  Book/Printed Material Massachusetts

  This selection in the Mapping the States through History series features Massachusetts.

  • Contributors: Daniel Spinella (author), Vincent Virga (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2010-10-19
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  Book/Printed Material Florida

  This selection in the Mapping the States through History series features Florida.

  • Contributors: E. Lynne Wright (author), Vincent Virga (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2010-10-19
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  Book/Printed Material The Photographs of John Vachon

  Features the photos of John Vachon, who spent two decades at LOOK magazine.

  • Contributors: Amy Pastan (editor), W. Ralph Eubanks (preface), Kurt Anderson (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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  Book/Printed Material The Photographs of Esther Bubley

  Esther Bubley captured the experiences of Americans on the home front during World War II.

  • Contributors: Amy Pastan (editor), W. Ralph Eubanks (preface), Melissa Fay Greene (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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  Book/Printed Material Texas

  This selection in the Mapping the States through History series features Texas.

  • Contributors: Don Blevins (author), Vincent Virga (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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  Book/Printed Material Colorado

  This selection in the Mapping the States through History series features Colorado.

  • Contributors: Stephen Grace (author), Vincent Virga (foreword)
  • Publication Date: 2009-10-14
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  Book/Printed Material Herblock

  A celebration of the man and his work, including a DVD with 18,000-plus cartoons.

  • Contributors: Harry Katz (editor), Haynes Johnson (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2009-10-13
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  Book/Printed Material World War II

  A vivid mosaic of the battlefield and home front experiences of World War II.

  • Contributors: Margaret E. Wagner (author), David M. Kennedy (introduction)
  • Publication Date: 2009-03-01
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  Book/Printed Material Traveling the Freedom Road

  Told through unforgettable first-person accounts from slave narratives, journals, diaries, and other sources—much of it never before published for young people—this book is an overview of the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1800 to 1877.

  • Contributor: Linda Barrett Osborne
  • Publication Date: 2009-02-01