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Jan 29, 2021 · 15. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose. BUY THIS BOOK. “Ambrose has pieced together previously unknown information about weather, terrain, and medical knowledge at the time to provide a vivid backdrop for the expedition.
Nov 23, 2016 · 2 Wilderness At Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent by Ted Morgan. 3 The Story of American Freedom by Eric Foner. 4 This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust. 5 In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides.
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The Civil War Era. James M. McPherson - Dec 11, 2003 (first published in 1988) Goodreads Rating. 4.4 (31k) History Nonfiction American History. This riveting history of the Civil War dives into the political, social, and military events that led up to the war and the battles, personalities, and politics that shaped it.
- 1491. By Charles C. Mann. This must-read blend of history and science contends that the common understanding of life in the Americas before the arrival of European explorers is almost completely wrong.
- The Island at the Center of the World. By Russell Shorto. With wit and style, Shorto documents life in 17th-century New Netherland, and its capital, New Amsterdam, revealing the Dutch colony’s influence on the American character.
- Washington's Crossing. By David Hackett Fischer. Memorialized in Emanuel Leutze’s iconic—but historically inaccurate—painting, the December 1776 assault on Hessian troops stationed in Trenton, New Jersey was a crucial victory for George Washington and the Continental Army following a string of devastating defeats in New York.
- Founding Brothers. By Joseph J. Ellis. As Ellis makes clear, the decades that followed the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention were anything but tranquil.
Mar 20, 2024 · Since I began writing Mal Warwick on Books in 2010, I’ve read and reviewed more than 200 popular books in the categories of history, current affairs, and biography. Most of them cast light on the history of the United States. Here, I’ve listed my 20 top picks for understanding American history. They’re arranged in alphabetical order by ...
Feb 20, 2023 · In order to make this list easy to navigate, we’ve sorted the best history books into several groups: Best History Books Overall. America and the United States. India, China, and the East. Europe. Food. Technology. Space, Time, and the Universe. The Evolution of Humans.
Feb 6, 2021 · 1. Howard Zinn's People's History of the US. This book is one of the most fascinating US history texts on the market. It does something that no other book has ever tried to do: It tells the entire story of US history from the point of view of the average person. The author doesn't focus on the different founding fathers or prominent political ...
