IX. The Old Republic

A. The Founders' Founders
1. The Yankees
a. Nelson A. Miles
i. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, or, From New England to the Golden Gate, and the Story of His Indian Campaigns With Comments On the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire. 1896. Rpt. Lincoln, Neb.: U of Nebraska P, 1992: Ch. 1.
ii. Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles, Lieutenant-General, United States Army. 1911. Rpt. Cranbury, N.J.: Scholars Bookshelf, 2006: Ch. 1.
b. Murray Rothbard
a-i. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. I: A New Land, A New People: The American Colonies in the 17th Century. 1975. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 18-37, 45-51, 56, 59, 62.
a-ii. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. II: "Salutary Neglect": The American Colonies in the First Half of the 18th Century. 1975. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 1-6.
c. A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2002: Pt. 1.
c. Others
Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler: A Review of His Legal, Political, and Military Career. 1892. Rpt. Harrisburg, Pa.: Archive Society, 1997: Ch. 1.
Eisler, Kim Isaac. Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World’s Most Profitable Casino. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2001: Ch. 1-2.
Kabaservice, Geoffrey. The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 2004: Ch. 1.
North, Gary. Puritan Economic Experiments. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1988.
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Vol. I, corr. ed. 1886. Rpt. Memoirs and Selected Letters. Ed. Mary Drake McFeely and William S. McFeely. New York City: The Library of America, 1990: Ch. 1.
Robbins, Alexandra. Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power. 2002. Rpt. Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co., 2003: Ch. 1.
Thornton, Mark. "The Fall and Rise of Puritanical Policy in America." Journal of Libertarian Studies Spring 1996: 143-160.
Vowell, Sarah. The Wordy Shipmates. New York City: Riverhead Books, 2008.
2.  Forrest McDonald
a. The American Presidency: An Intellectual History. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1994: Ch. 5.
b. Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1985: Ch. 2-4.
c. Requiem: Variations on Eighteenth-Century Themes. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1988: Ch. 1.
3. Edmund Sears Morgan
a. Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America. New York City: W.W. Norton  & Co., 1988: Ch. 6.
b. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia, rev. ed. 2003. Rpt. New York City: History Book Club, 2005.
4. Murray Rothbard
a-i. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. I, Pt. 2; Pt. 4; Pt. 5, Ch. 43-44, 52-55, 57-58, 60-61, 63-65.
a-ii. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. II, Ch. 7-32.
c. A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2002: Pt. 1.
5. Gore Vidal
 Kaplan, Fred. Gore Vidal: A Biography. New York City: Doubleday, 1999: Ch. 1.
Vidal, Gore [Eugene Luther Vidal Jr.]. Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964-2006. New York City: Doubleday, 2006: Ch. 44.
6. Others
Adamic, Louis [Alojzij Adamič]. The House in Antigua: A Restoration. New York City: Harper & Bros. Publishers, 1937: Pt. 2.
Baigent, Michael, and Richard Leigh. The Temple and the Lodge. New York City: Arcade Pub., 1989: Ch. 16-19.
Blumenthal, Ralph. Stork Club: America’s Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Café Society, rev. ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2001: Ch. 6.
Bradford, M.E. A Better Guide Than Reason: Federalists and Anti-Federalists. 1979. Rpt. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994: Ch. 3, 9.
Brown, John. The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. Ed. Tom Engelhardt. London: Verso, 2008: Ch. 7.
Brown, Richard Maxwell. Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism. New York City: Oxford UP, 1975: Ch. 2-4, 7.
Carson, Clarence B. The Rebirth of Liberty: The Founding of the American Republic, 1760-1800. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1973: Ch. 1-4.
DiLorenzo, Thomas J. How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold Story of Our Country’s History, From the Pilgrims to the Present. New York City: Crown Forum, 2004: Ch. 3.
Doherty, Brian. Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2007: Ch. 1.
Fischer, David Hackett. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York City: Oxford UP, 1989.
Goetzmann, William H. Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism. New York City: Basic Books, 2009: Ch. 17.
Griffin, G. Edward. The Creature From Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, 3rd rev. ed. Westlake Village, Calif.: American Media, 2002: Ch. 8, 15.
Halper, Stefan, and Jonathan Clarke. America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 2004: Ch. 8.
Hardeman, D.B., and Donald C. Bacon. Rayburn: A Biography. Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1987: Ch. 1.
Hollon, W. Eugene. Frontier Violence: Another Look. London: Oxford UP, 1974: Ch. 1, 7.
Jasen, David A., and Gene Jones. Spreadin’ Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1998: Prologue.
Kramnick, Isaac, and R. Laurence Moore. The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness. New York City: Norton, 1995: Ch. 3-4.
Leland, John. Hip: The History, rev. ed. New York City: HarperPerennial, 2005: Ch. 1.
McPherson, James M. Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982: Ch. 3.
Nolan, James L. Jr. The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century’s End. New York City: New York UP, 1998: Ch. 5.
Porter, Bruce D. War and the Rise of the State: The Military Foundations of Modern Politics. New York City: The Free Press, 1994: Ch. 7.
Reynolds, Morgan O. Making American Poorer: The Cost of Labor Law. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1987: Ch. 4.
Rushdoony, Rousas John. This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History. 1962. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1978: Ch. 5, 8, 12.
Shinn, Charles Howard. Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government. 1885. Rpt. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1970: Ch. 4.
Sutton, Antony C. Wall Street and FDR. 1975. Rpt. Cutchogue, N.Y. : Buccaneer Books, 2007: Ch. 1.
Szasz, Thomas S. The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement, rev. ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse UP, 1997: Ch. 9.
Thornton. The Economics of Prohibition. Salt Lake City: U of Utah P, 1991: Ch. 2.
Van Meter, Jonathan. The Last Good Time: Skinny D’Amato, the Notorious 500 Club, and the Rise and Fall of Atlantic City. New York City: Crown Publishers, 2003: Ch. 1.
Waldman, Steven. Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America. New York City: Random House, 2008: Ch. 1.
Wood, Gordon S. The Radicalism of the American Revolution: How a Revolution Transformed a Monarchical Society into a Democratic One Unlike Any That Had Ever Existed. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992: Ch. 1-3.

B. The Founding Fathers
1. Thomas Paine
Paine, Thomas. Common Sense, 3rd ed. 1776. Rpt. in Collected Writings. New York City: Library of America, 1995: 5-59.
Goetzmann, Ch. 1.
2. Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, Alexander. Writings. Ed. Joanne B. Freeman. New York City: Library of America, 2001.
McDonald. Alexander Hamilton: A Biography. 1979. Rpt. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1995: Ch. 1, 3-4.
Sumner, William Graham. Alexander Hamilton. 1890. Rpt. Whitefish, Mont.: Kessinger Publications, 2007: Ch. 1.
3. New York
 Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. 1928. Rpt. New York City: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001: Ch. 1-2.
Kostelanetz, Richard. SoHo: The Rise and Fall of an Artist’s Colony. New York City: Routledge, 2003: Ch. 1.
Rothbard. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. III: Advance to Revolution, 1760-1775. 1976. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 10, 36, 46, 49.
4. The Stamp Act
Benton, William Allen. Whig-Loyalism: An Aspect of Political Ideology in the American Revolutionary Era. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1969: Ch. 2.
Rothbard. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. III, Pt 4.
5. The American Revolution
a. Hamilton
McDonald, Hamilton, Ch. 2.
Sumner, Ch. 8-9.
b. The Declaration of Independence
Benton, Ch. 6.
Rothbard. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. IV: The Revolutionary War, 1775-1784. 1979. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 33.
c. The Loyalists
Benton, Ch. 1, 5, 7.
Brown, Wallace. The Good Americans: The Loyalists in the American Revolution. New York City: William Morrow and Co., 1969: Ch. 1-5, 8.
Norton, Mary Beth. The British-Americans: The Loyalist Exiles in England, 1774-1789. 1972. Rpt. London: Constable, 1974: Ch. 1-6.
Rothbard. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. III, Ch. 66.
d. Rothbard
i. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. III, Ch. 69.
ii. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. IV: The Revolutionary War, 1775-1784. 1979. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1999: Ch. 1-32, 34-73.
e. Other
Crawford, Alan Pell. Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson. New York City: Random House, 2008: Ch. 5
Faragher, John Mack. Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer. New York City: Henry Holt and Co., 1992: Ch. 5-6.
Goetzmann, Ch. 3.
Kwasny, Mark V. Washington’s Partisan War, 1775-1783. Kent, Ohio: Kent State UP, 1996.
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. The American Revolution, 1763-1783: Being the Chapters and Passages Relating to America From the Author's "History of England in the Eighteenth Century". Ed. James Albert Woodburn. New York City:  D. Appleton and Co., 1898: Ch. 2-5.
Morgan, Inventing the People, Ch. 10-11.
Nisbet, Robert A. The Social Impact of the Revolution. Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1974.
Rose, Michael. Washington’s War: From Independence to Iraq. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007: Ch. 2-6.
Waldman, Ch. 5, 7, 9, 12.
Wheelan, Joseph. Jefferson’s Vendetta: The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005: Ch. 2-4, 7.
Wood, The American Revolution, Ch. 3-5.
6. The Confederation
Jensen, Merrill. The New Nation: A History of the United States During the Confederation, 1781-1789. 1950. Rpt. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1981.
Kohn, Richard H. Eagle and Sword: The Beginnings of the Military Establishment in America. New York City: The Free Press, 1975: Ch. 2-4, 14.
Magness, Philip W. “From Tariffs to the Income Tax: Trade Protection and Revenue in the United States Tax System.” Diss. George Mason U, 2009: Ch. 2.
Norton, Ch. 7-8.
Ritcheson, Charles R. Aftermath of Revolution: British Policy Toward the United States, 1783-1795. Dallas: Southern Methodist UP, 1969: Ch. 3-5.
Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty, Vol. IV, Ch. 74-80.
Wood, The American Revolution, Ch. 6.
7. Bradford
a. Better Guide, Ch. 2, 4-8.
b. "Thinking Within the Inheritance: A Dedication." 1982. Rpt. Remembering Who We Are: Observations of a Southern Conservative. Athens, Ga.: U of Georgia P, 1985: 21-29.
c. "And God Defend the Right: The American Revolution and the Limits of Christian Obedience." 1983. Rpt. Idem., 38-44.
8. McDonald
a. American Presidency, Ch. 6-7.
b. Novus, Ch. 5-8.
c. Requiem, Ch. 5-6.
d. E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic 1776-1790. 1965. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1979.
e. States' Rights and the Union: Imperium in Imperio, 1776-1876. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 2000: Ch. 1.
9. Rothbard
a. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. II, Ch. 40.
b. Conceived in Liberty, Vol. III, Pt. 1; Pt. 2, Ch. 5-9, 11-15; Pt. 3; Pt. 5, Ch. 35-39, 41-45, 48; Pt. 6; Pt. 7, Ch. 52-57, 60-64, 67-68, 70-72.
c. "America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861." The Costs of War: America's Pyrrhic Victories, rev. ed. Ed. John V. Denson. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1999: Ch. 4.
10. Rushdoony
a. Independent Republic, Ch. 3.
b. The Nature of the American System. 1965. Rpt. Vallecito, Calif.: Ross House Books, 2000: Ch. 2.
11. Vidal
a. Burr. New York City: Random House, 1973.
b. "The Four Generations of the Adams Family." United States: Essays 1952-1992. New York City: Random House, 1993: 644-663.
12. Wood
a. The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787, rev. ed. Chapel Hill, N.C.: U of North Carolina P, 1998: Ch. 2-10, 14.
b. Radicalism of the American Revolution, Ch. 4-5, 7-13.
13. Others
Adams, Charles. For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization, rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1999: Ch. 29.
The Autobiography of James Monroe. Ed. Stuart Gerry Brown & Donald G. Baker. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse UP, 1959: Ch. 1-2.
Bailyn, Bernard. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1992.
Benton, Ch. 3-4.
Faragher, Ch. 1-4, 7.
Brands, H.W. Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence – and Changed America. New York City: Doubleday, 2004: Ch. 1.
Churchill, Robert H. To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant’s Face: Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement. Ann Arbor, Mich. U of Michigan P, 2009.
Crawford, Ch. 1-4, 6.
Dalberg-Acton, John Emerich Edward. Lectures on the French Revolution. Ed. John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence. 1910. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000: Ch. 2.
DiLorenzo, How Capitalism Saved America, Ch. 4.
Ferling, John E. Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800. New York City: Oxford UP, 2004: Ch. 2-3.
Garrett, Garet [Edward Peter Garrett]. The American Story. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1955: Pt. 1, Ch. 2.
Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling, 3rd rev. ed. New York City: Oxford Village Press, 2006: Ch. 18.
Griffin, Ch. 16.
Gutzman, Kevin R.C. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2007: Ch. 1.
Hofstadter, Richard. The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840. Berkeley, Calif: U of  California P, 1969: Ch. 2.
Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997: Pt. 2.
Kramnick and Moore, Ch. 5.
Lamb, David. The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2002: Ch. 7.
Lecky, Ch. 1.
North. Conspiracy in Philadelphia: Origins of the United States Constitution. Harrisonburg, Va.: Dominion Educational Ministries, 2004: Appendices B, D.
Paul, Ron, and Lewis Lehrman. The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission. 1982. Rpt. Auburn, Ala: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 2.
Personal Recollections, Ch. 4.
Redden, Jim. Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State, rev. ed. Venice, Calif.: Feral House, 2001: Ch. 7.
Ritcheson, Appendix C.
Rose, Ch. 1.
Slaughter, Thomas P. The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution. New York City: Oxford UP, 1986: Ch. 2-3, 5.
Strauss, William, and Neil Howe. Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069. New York City: William Morrow, 1991: Ch. 8.
Sublette, Ned. The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2008:  Ch. 14, 17.
Sumner, Ch. 2-7.
Taylor, Jeff. Where Did the Party Go?: William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the Jeffersonian Legacy. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 2006: Ch. 2.
Updike, John. Still Looking: Essays on American Art. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Viguerie Richard A., and David Franke. America’s Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power. Chicago: Bonus Books, 2004: Ch. 2.
Waldman, Ch. 2-4, 6, 8, 10-11.
Wiebe, Robert H. The Opening of American Society: From the Adoption of the Constitution to the Eve of Disunion. 1984. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1985: Ch. 1.
Zamoyski, Adam. Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries 1776-1871. 1999. Rpt. New York City: Penguin Books, 2001: Ch. 2.

C. The Founders' Republic
1. Constitution: Convention and Ratification
a. Primary Sources
(1) Congressional Research Service
(a) Ackerman, David M., Henry Cohen, and Robert Meltz. The Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation: Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2002. Ed. Johnny H. Killian, George A. Costello, and Kenneth R. Thomas. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2004.
(b) Cohen & Meltz. The Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation, 2004 Supplement: Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 2004  Ed. Killian, Costello, and K.R. Thomas. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2004.
(2) Other
The Complete Anti-Federalist, Vol. I-VII. Ed. Herbert J. Storing and Murray Dry. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1981.
The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle Over Ratification, Vol. I-II. Ed. Bailyn. New York City: Library of America, 1993.
Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist, Gideon ed. 1788. Ed. George W. Carey and James McClellan. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001.
b. Commentaries
(1) Bradford
(a) Founding Fathers: Brief Lives of the Framers of the United States Constitution, rev. ed. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1994.
(b) Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution. Athens, Ga.: U of Georgia P, 1993: Ch. 1,  3-7.
(2) Gutzman
(a) Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, Ch. 2-3.
(b) Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush. New York City: Crown Forum, 2008: Ch. 5.
(3) Wood
(a) Creation of the American Republic, Ch. 11-13.
(b) The American Revolution, Ch. 6.
(4) Others
Adams, Charles Francis Jr. The Constitutional Ethics of Secession, and, "War is Hell": Two Speeches of Charles Francis Adams Delivered Respectively at Charleston, S.C. December 22, 1902, and at New York, January 26, 1903. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1903.
Amar, Akhil Reed. The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 1998: Ch. 1-7, 11.
Barnett, Randy E. Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 2004.
Beck, James M. The Vanishing Rights of the States: A Discussion of the Right of the Senate to Nullify the Action of a Sovereign State in the Selection of Its Representatives in the Senate. 1926. Rpt. Holmes Beach, Fla.: Gaunt, 1997:  Ch. 3-5.
Berger, Raoul. Federalism: The Founders' Design. Norman, Okla.: U of Oklahoma P, 1987: Ch. 1-6, 9.
DiLorenzo. Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe. New York City: Crown Forum, 2006: Ch. 8.
Kohn, Ch. 5.
McDonald, Hamilton, Ch. 5.
Michener, James A. Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System. New York City: Random House, 1969: Ch. 3.
North, Conspiracy in Philadelphia, Ch. 3-6.
Upshur, Abel P. A Brief Enquiry Into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. 1840. Rpt. Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2006.
Vance, Laurence M. Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State, rev. ed. Pensacola, Fla.: Vance Publications, 2008: Ch. 3.
Waldman, Ch. 13.
Wiebe, Ch. 2.
2. The Congress
Barnes, James J. Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State UP, 1974: Ch. 3-4, 10-12.
Caro, Robert A. The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III: Master of the Senate. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002: Ch. 1, 3.
Evans, Eli N. Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate. New York City: The Free Press, 1988: Ch. 6.
The Journal of William Maclay, United States Senator From Pennsylvania, 1789-1791, enl. 2nd ed. Ed. Edgar S. Maclay. 1890. Rpt. New York City: F. Ungar Publishing Co., 1965.
Kirk, Russell. Randolph of Roanoke: A Study in American Politics, 3rd rev. ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1997.
Waldman, Ch. 14.
Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection From His Speeches and Correspondence, Vol. I-II, 2nd rev. ed. Ed. Seth Ames and W.B. Allen. Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1984.
3. The Courts
DeRosa, Marshall L. "Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for a Despotic Presidency." Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom. Ed. Denson. Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2001: Ch. 4.
Gutzman, Ch. 4-7.
Rehnquist, William H. The Supreme Court, rev. ed. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001: Ch. 1-3, 11.
4. The Presidency
a. The Jefferson Administration
Crawford, Ch. 8-9.
Ferling, Ch. 13.
McDonald. The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 1976.
Monroe, Ch. 5-7.
Trask, H. Arthur Scott. "Thomas Jefferson: Classical-Liberal Statesman of the Old Republic." Reassessing the Presidency, Ch. 3.
Wheelan, Ch. 1, 5-6, 9-15.
b. Others
Healy, Gene. The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2008: Ch. 1, 8.
McDonald. American Presidency, Ch. 8-10.
Reassessing the Presidency, Ch. 2, 5-6, 20, 23.
Waldman, Ch. 15.
5. The Hamiltonians
DiLorenzo, Lincoln Unmasked, Ch. 13-14.
Francis, Samuel. "Henry Clay and the Statecraft of Circumstance" Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 1993: 35-59.
Kohn, Ch. 7-8, 10.
Magness, Ch. 1, 3.
McDonald, Hamilton, Ch. 6-14, 17.
Sumner, Ch. 10-12.
a. Abraham Lincoln
(i) DiLorenzo
(a) The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, rev. ed. New York City: Three Rivers Press, 2004: Ch. 2, 4-5.
(b) Lincoln Unmasked, Ch. 5, 11-12.
(ii) Others
Garrett, American Story, Pt. 2, Ch. 9.
Hayden, Deborah. Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis. New York City: Basic Books, 2003: Ch. 12.
Nolan, Ch. 7.
6. The Whiskey Rebellion
Slaughter, Pt. 2-3.
Sumner, Ch. 13.
7. The 1800 Election
 Ferling, Ch. 1, 4-12, Epilogue.
Kohn, Ch. 13.
Sumner, Ch. 16.
8. The Frontier
Andersen, Kurt. Heyday. New York City: Random House, 2007: Ch. 46-47, 49, 51, 60, 67.
Anderson, Terry L., and Peter J. Hill. The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Economics and Finance, 2004: Ch. 1-2, 4-7, 9-11.
Faragher, Ch. 8-10.
Hollon, Ch. 2, 4-6.
Personal Recollections, Ch. 30.
Shinn, Ch. 15, 21-24.
White, Richard. "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West. Norman, Okla. U of Oklahoma P, 1991: Ch. 3-10.
a. California
Andersen, Ch. 54-59, 61-65, 69, 71, 73, 74.
Ellroy, James [Lee Earle Ellroy]. My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996: Ch. 4.
Scroggs, William O. Filibusters and Financiers: The Story of William Walker and His Associates. 1916. Rpt. New York City: Russell & Russell, 1969: Ch. 6.
Shinn, Ch. 9-14, 16-20.     
(i) San Francisco
Andersen, Ch. 53, 65, 70, 72.
Asbury, Herbert. The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld. 1933. Rpt. New York City: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002: Ch. 1-4, 6-9.
Nisbet. Teachers and Scholars: A Memoir of Berkeley in Depression and War. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1992: Ch. 2.
Posner, Gerald L. Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies – The New Mafia. 1988. Rpt. Penguin Books, 1990: Ch. 13.
7. The Jacksonians
Brands, Ch. 6, 9.
Goetzmann, Ch. 12.
Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler. Old Hickory’s War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1996.
Remini, Robert V. The Legacy of Andrew Jackson: Essays on Democracy, Indian Removal, and Slavery. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State UP, 1988.
Williams, William Appleman. The Roots of the Modern American Empire: A Study of the Growth and Shaping of a Social Consciousness in a Marketplace Society. New York City: Random House, 1969: Ch. 2.
9. Texas
a. The Colony
Brands, Ch. 4-5, 7-8, 10.
Cox, Mike. The Texas Rangers, Vol. I: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900. New York City: Forge, 2008: Ch. 1.
Daniel, Jean, Price Daniel, and Dorothy Blodgett. The Texas Governor’s Mansion: A History of the House and Its Occupants. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission/Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1984: Ch. 1.
Fehrenbach, T.R. Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans, rev. ed. New York City: Da Capo Press, 2000: Ch. 9-10.
Hardin, Stephen L., and Gary S. Zaboly. Texian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston. Abilene, Texas: State House Press/McMurry University, 2007: Ch. 1.
b. The Texas Revolution
Brands, Pts. 3.
M. Cox, Ch. 2.
Fehrenbach, Lone Star, Ch. 11-14.
Hardin & Zaboly, Ch. 2.
Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest: Essays by David J. Weber. Albuquerque, N.M.: U of New Mexico P, 1988: Ch. 8.
c. The Republic of Texas
Brands, Ch. 19-20.
M. Cox, Ch. 3.
Fehrenbach, Lone Star, Ch.15.
Hardin & Zaboly, Ch. 3-6.
d. Austin
(1) Caro
(a) The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. I: The Path to Power. 1982. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1990: Ch. 20-22.
(b) Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III, Ch. 18, 28.
(2) Others
Daniel, Daniel & Blodgett, Ch. 2-3, 6, 8-12.
Franks, Gen. Tommy (ret.), and Malcolm McConnell. American Soldier. New York City: ReganBooks/HarperCollins Publishers, 2004: Ch. 2.
Orum, Anthony M. Power, Money and the People: The Making of Modern Austin. 1987. Rpt. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2002.
Saylor, Steven. A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Sublett, Jesse. Rock Critic Murders. New York City: Viking, 1989.
Walker, Jesse. Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America. New York City: New York UP, 2001: Ch. 1.
Wallach, Eli. The Good, the Bad and Me: In My Anecdotage. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2005: Ch. 2.
e. Texas Mean
(1) The Texas Rangers
M. Cox, Ch. 5, 8-14.
(a) Robert M. Utley
(i) Lone Star Justice: The First Century of the Texas Rangers. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford UP, 2002. 
(ii) Lone Star Lawmen: The Second Century of the Texas Rangers. New York City: Oxford UP, 2007.
(2) Others
R.M. Brown, Strain of Violence, Ch. 8.
Davis, Richard Harding. The West From a Car-Window. 1892. Rpt. Whitefish, Mont.: Kessinger Publications, 2008: Ch. 1.
Dracos, Ted. Ungodly: The Passions, Torments and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. New York City: Free Press, 2003: Ch. 1, 15-26.
Fero, Kelly. The Zani Murders. Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1990: Ch. 2-19.
Hill, Patricia Evridge. Dallas: The Making of a Modern City. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 1996: Ch. 6.
Hollon, Ch. 3.
Irving, Clifford. Trial. New York City: Summit Books, 1990.
King, Gary C. The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape. New York City: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2001: Ch. 1-13, 21-23.
Lavergne, Gary M. Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law. Denton, Texas: U of North Texas P, 2003: Ch. 1, 5-15.
The Life of John Wesley Hardin as Written by Himself. 1896. Rpt. Norman, Okla.: U of Oklahoma P, 1961.
Personal Recollections, Ch. 2-3, 9.
Sonnichsen, C.L. I’ll Die Before I’ll Run: The Story of the Great Texas Feuds, rev. ed. New York City: Devin-Adair Co., 1962.
Texas Monthly on … Texas True Crime. Ed. Evan Smith. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 2007.
f. Texas Rich
 Bainbridge, John. The Super-Americans: A Picture of Life in the United States, as Brought Into Focus, Bigger Than Life, in the Land of the Millionaires – Texas. 1961. Rpt. New York City: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Burrough, Bryan. The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes. New York City: The Penguin Press, 2009: Ch. 1-6, 9, 12-14, 16, 18.
Shrake, Edwin. But Not for Love. 1964. Rpt. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press, 2000.
g. Midland
Franks and McConnell, Ch. 1.
Minutaglio, Bill. First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, rev. ed. New York City:  Three Rivers Press, 2001: Ch. 3.
h. Robert Bryce
(1) Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, rev. ed. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2003: Ch. 2, 5.
(2) Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence”. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2008: Ch. 1, 9-17, 21-22.
i. Caro
(1) Lyndon Johnson, Vol. I, Ch. 1, 3-12, 17-19, 34.
(2) The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. II: Means of Ascent, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 1991: Ch. 8-15, 17.
(3) Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III, Ch.  32.
j. Fehrenbach
(1) Seven Keys to Texas, rev. ed. El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press, 1986.
(2) Lone Star, Ch. 6-8, 16-17, 24-33, 35, 37-38.
k. Don Graham
(1) No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Penguin Books, 1990.
(2) Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
l. Others
Barnes, Ben, and Lisa Dickey. Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ Through George W. Bush and Beyond. Albany, Texas: Bright Sky Press, 2006: Ch. 1-2, 5, 9, 11-12, 14.
Brands, Ch. 21.
Corcoran, Michael. All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 2005.
Crile, George. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. New York City: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003: Ch. 4.
Dance, Helen Oakley. Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story. 1987. Rpt. New York City: Da Capo Press, 1990: Ch. 1-4.
R.H. Davis, Ch. 5.
Davis, Ronald L. Zachary Scott: Hollywood’s Sophisticated Cad. Jackson, Miss: U of Mississippi P, 2006: Ch. 1.
Heard, Robert. The Miracle of the Killer Bees: 12 Senators Who Changed Texas Politics. Austin, Texas: Honey Hill Publishing Co., 1981.
Hill, Ch. 1, 4-5.
Vaca, Nicolás C. The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America. New York City: Rayo, 2004: Ch. 7.
10. Arts and Entertainment
a. American Letters
i. Herman Melville
(a) Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, corr. ed., 1968. Rpt. in Typee/Omoo/Mardi. Ed. G. Thomas Tanselle. New York City: Library of America, 1982: 317-646.
(b) Redburn: His First Voyage, corr. ed., 1969. Rpt. in Redburn/White-Jacket/Moby-Dick. Ed. Tanselle. New York City: Library of America, 1983: 1-340.
(c) Moby-Dick, or The Whale, corr. ed., 1981. Rpt. ibid.: 771-1408.
(d) White-Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, corr. ed., 1970. Rpt. ibid: 341-770. 
ii. Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]
(a) Tom Sawyer. 1876. Rpt. in Mississippi Writings. Ed. Guy Cardwell. New York City: Library of America, 1982: 1-215.
(b) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1884. Rpt. ibid., 617-912.
Tucker, Jeffrey. Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010: Ch. 57.
iii. Other
Dennis, Donna. Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 2009: Ch. 2-3.
Goetzmann, Ch. 8, 11.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, corr. ed. 1965. Rpt. in Collected Novels. Ed. Millicent Bell. New York City: Library of America, 1983: 347-627.
Leland, Ch. 2.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway. New York City: Ecco, 2008.
Server, Lee. Danger is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993.
Sullivan, Jack. New World Symphonies: How American Culture Changed European Music. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 1999: Ch. 2-4.
b. Music
 Jasen and Jones, Ch. 1.
Segell, Michael. The Devil’s Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool. New York City: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2005: Ch. 3, 8.
Tosches, Nick. Where Dead Voices Gather. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2001.
Wondrich, David. Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot 1843-1924. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2003: Pt. 1.
11. Foreign Policy
a. The Mexican-American War
M. Cox, Ch. 4.
Grant, Vol. I, Ch. 4-13.
b. Other
Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. New York City: Basic Books, 2002: Ch. 1-2. 
Goetzmann, Ch. 13.
Johnson, Chalmers. The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of Empire. 2004. Rpt. London: Verso, 2006: Ch. 7.
Kohn, Ch. 6, 11-12.
McDougall, Walter A. Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997: Pt. 1.
Raimondo, Justin [Dennis Raimondo]. "Defenders of the Republic: The Anti-Interventionist Tradition in American Politics." Costs of War, Ch. 3.
Ritcheson, Ch. 6, 8-16, Appendix I-K.
Scroggs, Ch. 1, 5, 12, 21.
Sumner, Ch. 14-15.
Wheelan, Ch. 8.
W.A. Williams, Ch. 3.
12. The Businessmen
J.J. Barnes, Ch. 1, 9.
Dennis, Ch. 4-5.
DiLorenzo, How Capitalism Saved America, Ch. 7.
Englebrecht, H.C., and F.C. Hanighen. Merchants of Death: A Study of the International Armaments Industry, corr. ed. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1935: Ch. 3-4.
Folsom, Burton W. Jr. The Myth of the Robber Barons, rev. 3rd ed. Herndon, Va.: Young America's Foundation, 1996: Ch. 1, 3. 
Garrett. The Cinder Buggy: A Fable in Iron and Steel. 1923. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 1-11.
Personal Recollections, Ch. 43.
Thomas, Dana L. The Plungers and the Peacocks: 170 Years of Wall Street, rev. ed. 1989. Rpt. New York City: Texere, 2001: Ch. 1.
The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. Ed. David T. Beito, Peter Gordon, and Alexander Tabarrok. Ann Arbor, Mich.: U of Michigan P/The Independent Institute, 2002: Ch. 4.
13. The Immigrants
a. The Irish
(1) The Kennedys
Klein, Edward. The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years. New York City: St. Martin’s, 2003: Ch. 1.
Reeves, Thomas C. A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy. New York City: The Free Press, 1991: Ch. 2.
(2) Others
Beatty, Jack. The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958. Reading, Mass.: William Patrick/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1992: Ch. 1.
b. Others
Adamic, Louis [Alojzij Adamič]. From Many Lands. New York City: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.
Bernstein, Carl. Loyalties: A Son's Memoir. New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1989: Ch. 1-2.
Caro. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. 1974. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1975: Ch. 1.
Keeley, Joseph. The China Lobby Man: The Story of Alfred Kohlberg. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1969:  Ch. 2.
Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. 1936. Rpt. New York City: Warner Books, 1999: Ch. 3.
14. New York
Ekirch, Arthur A. Jr. "Democracy and Laissez Faire: The New York State Constitution of 1846." Journal of Libertarian Studies Fall 1977: 319-323.
Sutton, Wall Street and FDR, Ch. 6.
a. New York City
Andersen, Ch. 1, 3, 5, 9-13, 16-17, 19, 22-23, 25-30, 32, 38, 68.
Asbury, Gangs, Ch. 3-6, 14.
Dennis, Ch. 1.
Powell, Hickman. Ninety Times Guilty. 1939. Rpt. New York City: Arno Press, 1974: Ch. 4.
Traub, James. The Devil’s Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square. New York City: Random House, 2004: Ch. 1.
15. The Utopians
Andersen, Ch. 35-36, 40.
a. The Anarchists
DiLorenzo, Lincoln Unmasked, Ch. 6.
Martin, James J. Men Against the State: The Expositors of Individualist Anarchism in America, 1827-1908, rev. ed. 1970. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009: Ch. 1-7.
16. Education
a. Yale University
E.N. Evans, Ch. 2.
i. Skull & Bones
Robbins, Ch. 2-3, 5.
Sutton. America’s Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones, 2nd rev. ed. Walterville, Ore.: Trine Day, 2002.
b. Other
Gatto, Ch. 5.
Goetzmann, Ch. 7.
17. The South
 Genovese, Eugene D. The Southern Tradition: The Achievement and Limitations of an Anermican Conservatism. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1994: Ch. 2.
Goetzmann, Ch. 14.
Sublette, Ch. 18.
18. R.M. Brown
a. Strain of Violence, Ch. 5.
b. No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society. New York City: Oxford UP, 1991: Ch. 1.
19. DiLorenzo
a. How Capitalism Saved America, Ch. 5, 7.
b. Lincoln Unmasked, Ch. 7.
20. P. Johnson
a. American, Pt. 3.
b. The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991: Ch. 2-12.
21. McDonald
a. Requiem, Ch. 2, 4, 8, 10-11.
b. States' Rights, Ch. 2-7.
22. McPherson
a. Ordeal by Fire, Prologue, Ch. 1-2, 4.
b. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York City: Oxford UP, 1988: Prologue, Ch. 1-6.
23. North
(1) Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1996: Ch. 2, Appendix E.
(2) Conspiracy in Philadelphia, Appendix C.
24. Rothbard
a. "Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States." Journal of Libertarian Studies Summer 1995: 3-75.
b. The Mystery of Banking, rev. ed. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008: Ch. 13-14.
c. The Betrayal of the American Right. Ed. Thomas E. Woods Jr. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007: Ch. 2. 
25. Rushdoony
a. Independent Republic, Ch. 7, 13.
b. American System, Ch. 1, 4-5. 
North, Conspiracy in Philadelphia, Appendix A.
26. John Taylor of Caroline
a. Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated. 1820. Rpt. Union, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 1998.
b. Tyranny Unmasked. 1822. Ed. F. Thornton Miller. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1992.
c. New Views of the Constitution of the United States. 1823. Ed. James McClellan. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2000.
Stromberg, Joseph R. "Country Ideology, Republicanism, and Libertarianism: The Thought of John Taylor of Caroline." Journal of Libertarian Studies Winter 1982: 35-48.
27. Wood
a. Creation of the American Republic, Ch. 15.
b. Radicalism of the American Revolution, Ch. 14-19.
28. Others
Adams, Ch. 30.
Algren, Nelson. Chicago: City on the Make, 2nd rev. ed. Oakland, Calif.: Angel Island Publishing, 1968: Ch. 1.
Andersen, Ch. 33-34, 37, 39, 41-45, 48, 52, 75.
Barkun, Michael. A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 2003: Ch. 8.
Bassani, Luigi Marco. "Jefferson, Calhoun, and States' Rights: The Uneasy Europeanization of American Politics." Telos Winter 1998: 132-154.
Brands, Ch. 22.
Buchanan, Edna, Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami, America's Hottest Beat. 1992. Rpt. New York City: Berkeley Books, 1993: Ch. 7.
Burch, Philip H. Jr. Elites in American History, Vol. I: The Federalist Years to the Civil War. New York City: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1981: Ch. 2-5, Appendix A-B.
Butler's Book, Ch. 2-3, 21.
Carson, Ch. 15-21.
Carter, Marva Griffin. Swing Along: The Musical Life of Will Marion Cook. New York City: Oxford UP, 2008: Ch. 2.
Cox, Stephen D. The Big House: Image and Reality of the American Prison. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2009: Ch. 2, 4.
Crawford, Ch. 7,  10-37.
De Tocqueville, Alexis [Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel]. Democracy in America, 2nd rev. ed. 1850. Trans. and Ed. Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2000.
Dennison, George M. The Dorr War: Republicanism on Trial, 1831-1861. Lexington, Ky.: UP of Kentucky, 1976.
Driggs Frank, and Chuck Haddix. Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – a History. New York City: Oxford UP, 2005: Ch. 1.
E.N. Evans, Ch. 1-5.
Evans, M. Stanton. The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American Tradition. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Pub., 1994: Ch. 12-15.
Garrett, American Story, Pt. 1, Ch. 3-4; Pt. 2, Ch. 1-8.
George, John, and Laird Wilcox. American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1996: Ch. 1.
Goetzmann, Ch. 5-6, 9-10, 15-16, 18.
Goldberg, J.J. Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996: Ch. 4.
Grant, Vol. I, Ch. 2-3, 14-16.
Griffin, Ch. 17-18.
Kauffman, Bill. Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism. New York City: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2008: Ch. 1.
Keating, Ann Durkin. Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State UP, 1988: Ch. 1-2, 5.
Kohn, Ch. 9.
Kramnick and Moore, Ch. 2, 6-7.
Hofstadter, Ch. 3-6.
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers. Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War. Chicago: Open Court, 1996: Ch. 1-4.
Leland, Ch. 7.
McAllister, Ward. Society As I Have Found It. 1890. Rpt. New York City: Arno Press, 1975: Ch. 1-2, 7-10.
Monroe, Ch. 4.
Nagel, Paul C. One Nation Indivisible: The Union in American Thought, 1776-1861. New York City: Oxford UP, 1964.
Nolan, Ch. 3.
Olds, Kelly B. "The Challenge to the U.S. Postal Monopoly, 1839-1851." Cato Journal Spring/Summer 1995: 1-24.
Overstreet, Harry, and Bonaro Overstreet. The FBI in Our Open Society. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 1969: Ch. 1.
Peikoff, Leonard. The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. New York City: Stein and Day, 1982: Ch. 5.
Personal Recollections, Ch. 27.
Redden, Ch. 5.
Scahill, Jeremy. Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, rev. ed. New York City: Nation Books, 2008: Ch. 1.
Scott, Otto J [Otto Scott-Estrella, Jr.]. The Secret Six: John Brown and the Abolitionist Movement. 1979. Rpt. Murphys, Calif.: Uncommon Books, 1993: Ch. 1-38.
Scroggs, Ch. 2.
Stein, Jean. Edie: An American Biography. Ed. George Plimpton. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982: Ch. 1-2.
Sublette, Ch. 19-22.
Jeff Taylor, Ch. 3.
Vidal. Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2003.
Vogel, Steve. The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Race to Build the Pentagon – and to Restore It Sixty Years Later. New York City: Random House 2007: Ch. 4, 6.
Voluntary City, Ch. 8.
Waldman, Ch. 16.
Watkins, William J. Jr. Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy. New York City: Independent Institute/Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Wiebe, Ch. 3-17.
Williams, T. Harry. Huey Long. 1969. Rpt. New York City: Vintage Books, 1981: Ch. 1.
Wilson, Clyde N. "Secession: The Last, Best Bulwark of Our Liberties." Secession, State and Liberty. Ed. D. Gordon. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1998: 89-98.
Wolf, Michael Allan. The Zoning of America: Euclid v. Ambler. Lawrence, Kan.: UP of Kansas, 2008: Ch. 2.
Yates, Steven. "When is Political Divorce Justified?" Secession, 35-63.

D. The Republic's Denouement
1. The War of Southern Secession
a. Primary Sources
i. Miles
(1) Personal Recollections, Ch. 2-3, 9.
(2) Serving the Republic, Ch. 2-4.
ii. Others
Brown, George William. Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War. 1887. Rpt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2001.
Butler's Book, Ch. 4-19, Appendix.
Grant, Vol. I, Ch. 17-39; Vol. II.
Lincoln, Abraham. Speeches and Writings 1859-1865. Ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher. New York City: Library of America, 1989.
Marshall, John A. American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States, on Account of Their Political Opinions, During the Late Civil War. 1869. Rpt. Wiggins, Miss.: Crown Rights Book Co., 1998.
b. The Confederacy
 DeRosa. The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry Into American Constitutionalism. Columbia, Mo.: U of Missouri P, 1991.
E.N. Evans, Ch. 7-17, 19.
Lonn, Ella. Desertion During the Civil War. 1928. Rpt. Lincoln, Neb. : U of Nebraska P. 1998. Pt. 1.
c. The Lincoln Assassination
Piereson, James. Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism. New York City: Encounter Books, 2007: Ch. 3.
Vowell. Assassination Vacation. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2005: Ch. 1, 4.
d. Adams
i. For Good and Evil, Ch. 31.
ii. When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000.
e. Texas
M. Cox, Ch. 6.
Daniel, Daniel & Blodgett, Ch. 4.
Fehrenbach, Lone Star, Ch. 18-20.
Ramsdell, Charles W. Reconstruction in Texas. 1910. Rpt. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 1970: Ch. 1-3.
f. Bradford
i. Better Guide, Ch. 10.
ii. Bradford. "The Lincoln Legacy: A Long View." 1979. Rpt. Remembering Who We Are, 143-156.
g. DiLorenzo
 i. Real Lincoln, Ch. 3, 6-11.
ii. Lincoln Unmasked, Ch. 1-4, 9-10, 15-19.
h. McPherson
i. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution. New York City: Oxford UP, 1991.
ii. Battle Cry, Ch. 7-28; Epilogue.
iii. Drawn With the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War. New York City: Oxford UP, 1996: Ch. 1, 3, 8, 14.
i. Rothbard
i. Mystery of Banking, Ch. 15.
ii. Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy. 1984. Rpt. Burlingame, Calif.: Center for Libertarian Studies, 1995.
j. Rushdoony
i. American System, Ch. 3, 6.
ii. Bread Upon the Waters: Columns From the "California Farmer." 1969. Rpt. Fairfax, Va.: Thoburn Press, 1974: Ch. 19. 
k. Stromberg
i. "The Role of State Monopoly Capitalism in the American Empire." Journal of Libertarian Studies Summer 2001: 57-93.
ii. "The War for Southern Independence: A Radical Libertarian Perspective." Journal of Libertarian Studies Spring 1979: 31-53.
l. Vidal
i. Lincoln. New York City: Random House, 1984.
ii. "First Note on Abraham Lincoln." Los Angeles Times 8 Feb. 1981. Rpt. United States, 664-668.
iii. "Lincoln, 'Lincoln' and the Priests of Academe" United States, 669-700.
iv. "Last Note on Lincoln" United States, 701-707.
m. Others
Asbury, Gangs, Ch. 7-8.
Bassani. Property, Freedom, & Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Ed. Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009: Ch. 13.
Bensel, Richard Franklin. Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 1990: Ch. 1-4.
Burch. Elites in American History, Vol. II: The Civil War to the New Deal. New York City: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1981: Ch. 2.
Burrough, and John Helyar. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Collins Business, 2008: Ch. 2.
Dennis, Ch. 6.
Denson. A Century of War: Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006: Ch. 1.
Englebrecht & Hanighen, Ch. 5.
For the Union: Ohio Leaders in the Civil War. Ed. Kenneth W. Wheeler. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State UP, 1968.
Francis, "Foreign Policy and the South." Beautiful Losers, 19-34.
Frederic, Harold. The Copperhead. 1893. Rpt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell UP, 1969.
Gamble, Richard. "Rethinking Lincoln." Costs of War, Ch. 5.
Garrett, American Story, Pt. 2, Ch. 10.
Gatto, Ch. 11.
Griffin, Ch. 19.
Hummel, Ch. 5-6, 8-11.
Kauffman. America First! Its History, Culture and Politics. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1995: Ch. 6.
Knightley, Phillip. The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker From the Crimea to Iraq, 2nd rev. ed. 2003. Rpt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2004: Ch. 2.
Lonn, Pt. 2.
McAllister, Ch. 11.
McDonald, States' Rights, Ch. 7-8.
Mitchell, Ch. 1-2, 4-28.
Ostrowski, James. "Was the Union Army's Invasion of the Confederate States a Lawful Act? An Analysis of President Lincoln's Legal Arguments Against Secession." Secession, 155-190.
Powell, Jim. Bully Boy: The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt’s Legacy. New York City: Crown Forum, 2006: Ch. 1.
Reassessing the Presidency, Appendix A.
Rehnquist, Ch. 4.
Scott, Ch. 39-41.
Thomas, Ch. 2.
Turtledove, Harry. The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War. New York City: Ballentine Books, 1992.
Weisman, Steven R. The Great Tax Wars: Lincoln to Wilson – The Fierce Battles Over Money and Power That Transformed the Nation. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2002: Ch. 1-4.
Wiebe, Epilogue.
Wilson. "War, Reconstruction, and the End of the Old Republic." Costs of War, Ch. 7.
Woods & Gutzman, Who Killed the Constitution?, Ch. 8.
2. Reconstruction
a. Texas
M. Cox, Ch. 7.
Daniel, Daniel & Blodgett, Ch. 5.
Fehrenbach, Lone Star, Ch. 21-23.
Nunn, W.C. Texas Under the Carpetbaggers. Austin, Texas: U of Texas P, 1962.
Ramsdell, Ch. 4-12.
b. Gutzman
i. Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, Ch. 8.
ii. Who Killed the Constitution?, Ch. 7.
c. Others
Amar, Ch. 8-10, 12.
Applebome, Peter. Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, rev. ed. New York City: Harvest Books, 1997.
Bensel, Ch. 5-7.
Berger, Ch. 7.
Bradford, Original Intentions, Ch. 8.
Butler's Book, Ch. 20.
Caro, Lyndon Johnson, Vol. III, Ch. 30.
Carter, Ch. 1.
Foster, Gaines M. Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause, and the Emergence of the New South, 1865 to 1913. New York City: Oxford UP, 1987.
Genovese, Ch. 1, 3.
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McPherson, Ordeal by Fire, Ch. 26-32.
Mitchell, Ch. 29-63.
Murphy, Paul V. The Rebuke of History: The Southern Agrarians and American Conservative Thought. Chapel Hill, N.C.: U of North Carolina P, 2001: Ch. 1-2, 4, 6-8, Epilogue.
Overstreet & Overstreet, Ch. 21-22.
Serving the Republic, Ch. 5.
Trask, and Carey Roberts. "President Andrew Johnson: Tribune of States' Rights." Reassessing the Presidency, Ch. 9.
T.H. Williams, Ch. 9.
W.A. Williams, Ch. 4.

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