American History

American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana Thomas E. Patterson

AMERICAN POPULIST: HUEY LONG OF LOUISIANA corrects many of the myths surrounding the man many consider America's top politician of the twentieth century. Thomas Patterson's monumental work makes use of previously untapped personal papers and the author's expertise as an attorney to deconstruct the elements of one of...

The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World Nathaniel Philbrick

THE RUSH by National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick is a richly researched and vividly told narrative about the event that created a lawless quest for land, helped destabilize a fractured union, and propelled us toward a civil war. The discovery of gold in California completely changed the way Americans thought...

Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta--And Then Got Written Out of History Howell Raines

SILENT CAVALRY: HOW UNION SOLDIERS FROM ALABAMA HELPED SHERMAN BURN ATLANTA AND THEN GOT WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY finally sets the record straight after Lost Cause historians distorted what really happened. This veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times has...

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Dan Rather

WHAT UNITES US is an inspiring, thought-provoking reflection on what it means to be an American in these tough times - written by one of the nation's most astute witnesses to our historical change. If there ever was a "MUST READ", this is it.
 

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Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848 - 1868 Cokie Roberts

CAPITAL DAMES: THE CIVIL WAR AND THE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON 1848 - 1868 includes never-before-published stories that show the women of Washington, DC and their Southern sisters forever changed the role of women in America.

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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster - The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 Al Roker

THE STORM OF THE CENTURY: TRAGEDY, HEROISM, SURVIVAL AND THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF AMERICA'S DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTER - THE GREAT GULF HURRICANE OF 1900 explores minute details of the structures as well as characters who were struck by nature's most powerful storm to ever hit our country. Only a weather expert and...

Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy Larry Tye

DEMAGOGUE is a masterful portrait of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who led the Red Scare to uproot a...

American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020 George F. Will

AMERICAN HAPPINESS AND DISCONTENTS is George Will at his brilliant best! The Wall Street Journal called him "the most powerful journalist in America" and this collection of essays including subjects as varied as The Revolutionary War, Bob Dylan, fascism, and football might just confirm that accolade...