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American History - A Kaleidoscope of Perspectives

Most people want American history to be easy and straight forward. Instead it is enormously complex, extending over 400 years with a kaleidoscope of characters and events. Whenever possible I have avoided biographies; party politics and politicians of any kind; foreign affairs and diplomacy; Washington D.C.; and our many foreign wars. Real history lies in the books on this list and the far greater number that I have missed.
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The Age of Reform (Richard Hofstadter)
The Age of Reform
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Richard Hofstadter
All God's Dangers (Theodore Rosengarten)
All God's Dangers
2
Theodore Rosengarten
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
3
Carl Bernstein
American Colonies (Alan Taylor)
American Colonies
4
Alan Taylor
American Genocide (Madley)
American Genocide
5
Madley
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It (Richard Hofstadter)
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
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Richard Hofstadter
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States (Alan Taylor)
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States
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Alan Taylor
The American Way of Death (Mitford)
The American Way of Death
8
Mitford
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 (Kevin Starr)
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
9
Kevin Starr
And the Band Played on (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On
10
Randy Shilts
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee
11
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
12
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X and Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
13
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Autobiography of Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
Autobiography of Mark Twain
14
Mark Twain
Backlash (Faludi)
Backlash
15
Faludi
Bad Land (Jonathan Raban)
Bad Land
16
Jonathan Raban
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
17
James M. McPherson
Been in the Storm So Long (Leon F. Litwack)
Been in the Storm So Long
18
Leon F. Litwack
Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts (Daniel Richter)
Before the Revolution: America's Ancient Pasts
19
Daniel Richter
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy (Stephen Kantrowitz)
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy
20
Stephen Kantrowitz
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (Wallace Stegner)
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
21
Wallace Stegner
The Big Four (Oscar Lewis)
The Big Four
22
Oscar Lewis
Big Trouble (Lukas)
Big Trouble
23
Lukas
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
24
Richard Wright
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hampton Sides)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
25
Hampton Sides
The Broken Heart of America (Johnson)
The Broken Heart of America
26
Johnson
The Burning (Madigan)
The Burning
27
Madigan
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
28
Dee Brown
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
Cadillac Desert
29
Marc Reisner
Captain John Smith: Writings
Captain John Smith: Writings
30
Castaways (Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca)
Castaways
31
Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca
Cattle Kingdom (Knowlton)
Cattle Kingdom
32
Knowlton
Changes in the Land (Cronon)
Changes in the Land
33
Cronon
Chicago City on the Make (Algren)
Chicago City on the Make
34
Algren
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion and the Making of the Alien in America (Beth Lew-Williams)
The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion and the Making of the Alien in America
35
Beth Lew-Williams
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
China Men
36
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Civil War (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War
37
Shelby Foote
Comanche Empire (Pekka Hamalainen)
Comanche Empire
38
Pekka Hamalainen
Coming Into the Country (John McPhee)
Coming Into the Country
39
John McPhee
Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains (Herbert E. Bolton)
Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains
40
Herbert E. Bolton
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