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Grave Dealings
Body Snatching in Philadelphia, 1762–1883
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041126
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
240 Pages
A history of the secret cadaver trade in America’s first capital city.
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
New narratives on the lived experience of the Revolutionary War through five case studies exploring the spectrum of loyalist experiences in Revolutionary Philadelphia.
Noble Undertaking
The Continental Congress and the American Revolution 1774–78
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781955041393
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
432 Pages
The story of the Continental Congress from 1774, before the United States became a nation, to 1778, when, as a new nation fighting for independence, it secured an ally: France. Letters and documents reveal aggravations and triumphs of frazzled delegates to the Continental Congress as it evolved into an improvisational national government.
Noble Undertaking
The Continental Congress and the American Revolution, 1778–84
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781955041416
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
432 Pages
The story of the Continental Congress from 1778—just after it secured an alliance with France—to 1794, when the War of Independence ended. Letters and documents reveal how the new nation’s improvisational government struggled to hold the union and the alliance together and avert financial ruin amidst war, treachery, and troop mutinies.
Winning the Ten Crucial Days
The Keys to Victory in George Washington's Legendary Winter Campaign
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781955041331
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-04-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
208 Pages
The closing months of 1776 saw the Continental Army, under George Washington, suffer a series of defeats that threatened to collapse the American Revolution in its infancy. At the end of December 1776, with his soldiers’ enlistments about to expire, Washington knew he needed to make a bold move, and he needed to win. The “Ten Crucial Days” winter c
A Soaring Season
The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003-04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041430
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
288 Pages
In the 2003–04 season, Saint Joseph’s became the most captivating story in college basketball. The underdog Hawks completed a perfect regular season, rose to the No. 1 ranking in the country, and reminded everyone that you don’t have to be the biggest to beat the biggest or have the best to be the best.
Threshold to Valley Forge
The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041317
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
Known as the Threshold to Valley Forge, the Gulph Mills Encampment, December 12–19, 1777 is often forgotten or minimized. Yet during those six days, General George Washington, the new nation, and its foreign allies made decisions that changed the entire course of the Revolutionary War.
The Montiers
From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041041
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-01-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
304 Pages
This is the story of the African-American Montier family, which traces its roots to Philadelphia’s first mayor, a white Quaker named Humphrey Morrey, and includes generations of Black activists, artists and scholars
Grave Dealings
Body Snatching in Philadelphia, 1762–1883
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781955041126
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
240 Pages
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041102
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
Noble Undertaking
The Continental Congress and the American Revolution 1774–78
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781955041393
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
432 Pages
Noble Undertaking
The Continental Congress and the American Revolution, 1778–84
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781955041416
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-05-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
432 Pages
Winning the Ten Crucial Days
The Keys to Victory in George Washington's Legendary Winter Campaign
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781955041331
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-04-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
208 Pages
A Soaring Season
The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003-04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041430
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Brookline Books
288 Pages
Threshold to Valley Forge
The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041317
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
224 Pages
The Montiers
From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041041
Publisher: Casemate
Pub Date: 2025-01-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Brookline Books
304 Pages