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James Ford Rhodes

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James Ford Rhodes, was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. After earning a fortune in the iron, coal, and steel industries by 1885, he retired from business. He devoted his life to historical research and publishing a seven-volume history of the United States beginning in 1850; his work was published from 1893 to 1906. He published an eighth volume in 1920. His work, History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918), won the second-ever Pulitzer Prize for History that year.

Books

The Tales of Civil War: 40 Books Collection
The Tales of Civil War: 40 Books Collection
Charles King, Stephen Crane, Mary Johnston, Winston Churchill, Robert W. Chambers, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, John McElroy, Ellen Glasgow, Edward Everett Hale, G. A. Henty, Joseph A. Altsheler, John Esten Cooke, Lucy Foster Madison, Randall Parrish, George Washington Cable, Charles Carleton Coffin, Natalie Sumner Lincoln, John R. Musick, Edward Robins, George W. Peck, John William De Forest, James Ford Rhodes, Byron A. Dunn, Henry F. Keenan, María Ruiz de Burton, Harry Hazelton, B. K. Benson, W. H. Shelton, Thomas Dixon Jr.
Civil War - Boxed Set: 40+ Historical Novels & Tales of the American War
Civil War - Boxed Set: 40+ Historical Novels & Tales of the American War
Charles King, Stephen Crane, Mary Johnston, Winston Churchill, Robert W. Chambers, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, John McElroy, Ellen Glasgow, Edward Everett Hale, G. A. Henty, Joseph A. Altsheler, John Esten Cooke, Lucy Foster Madison, Randall Parrish, George Washington Cable, Charles Carleton Coffin, Natalie Sumner Lincoln, John R. Musick, Edward Robins, George W. Peck, John William De Forest, James Ford Rhodes, Byron A. Dunn, Henry F. Keenan, María Ruiz de Burton, Harry Hazelton, B. K. Benson, W. H. Shelton, Thomas Dixon Jr.
Lectures on the American Civil War
Lectures on the American Civil War
James Ford Rhodes
History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850
History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850
James Ford Rhodes

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