19th century

Looks at the early history of photography in the United States, the photographers who recorded life on the frontier, and how their vision and artistry shaped public opinion about the West.

An anthology of writings by American transcendental writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and others.

Chronicles the life of George Washington Appo, a career criminal who served as leader of New York's underworld in Gilded Age New York and describes the social, economic, and cultural atmosphere of the city during his life.

The story of the creation of the U.S. Navy that chronicles the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century process that would launch the nation into becoming a powerful naval force.

Chronicles the life of William Jennings Bryan, focusing on his role as an American leader of the Christian left, and placing his life and achievements in a historical and cultural perspective.

The story of Jude Fawley, an impoverished stonemason who aspires to the ministry and fails to fulfill the opposite expectations of the two women he loves in Victorian society.

Clym Yeobright, tired of Paris city life, returns to Egdon Heath to open a school. There he marries a pleasure-loving girl and tragedy follows.

When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.

Explores the popular culture of the Civil War and Reconstruction era, examining how Americans coped with the trials and tribulations of the period.

In nineteenth-century Scotland, following the death of his mother during surgery, Robbie decides to take revenge on the surgeon who performed the operation, Dr. Robert Knox, and in the process, makes a gruesome discovery about the lengths the medical profession will go to advance its knowledge of anatomy.