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American History - A Kaleidoscope of Perspectives - Page 3

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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Hear That Whistle Blow (Brown)
Hear That Whistle Blow
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Brown
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Treuer)
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
82
Treuer
History of the American Frontier (Paxson)
History of the American Frontier
83
Paxson
A History of Appalachia (Drake)
A History of Appalachia
84
Drake
History of Standard Oil (Ida Tarbell)
History of Standard Oil
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Ida Tarbell
Hollywood Babylon (Anger)
Hollywood Babylon
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Anger
Hooded Americanism (Chalmers)
Hooded Americanism
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Chalmers
How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives
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Illiberal America (Hahn)
Illiberal America
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Hahn
Imperial (Vollman)
Imperial
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Vollman
In the Country of Country
In the Country of Country
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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (Matthiessen)
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
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Matthiessen
Indigenous Continent (Pekka Hämäläinen)
Indigenous Continent
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Pekka Hämäläinen
The Injustice Never Leaves You (Martinez)
The Injustice Never Leaves You
94
Martinez
Into the American Woods (James H. Merrell)
Into the American Woods
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James H. Merrell
The Invasion of America (Jennings)
The Invasion of America
96
Jennings
The Irish Americans (Dolan)
The Irish Americans
97
Dolan
Ishi (Kroeber)
Ishi
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Kroeber
Island at the Center of the World (Shorto)
Island at the Center of the World
99
Shorto
It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A New History of the American West (Richard White)
It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A New History of the American West
100
Richard White
Jefferson and Civil Liberities (Levy)
Jefferson and Civil Liberities
101
Levy
The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Meriwether Lewis and William Clark)
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
102
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War (Thomas G. Andrews)
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
103
Thomas G. Andrews
The Klondike Fever (Pierre Berton)
The Klondike Fever
104
Pierre Berton
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella L. Bird)
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
105
Isabella L. Bird
Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest (David Lavender)
Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest
106
David Lavender
Lasalle and the Discovery of the Great West (Parkman)
Lasalle and the Discovery of the Great West
107
Parkman
The Lean Years (Bernstein)
The Lean Years
108
Bernstein
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West (Patricia Nelson Limerick)
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
109
Patricia Nelson Limerick
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
110
Agee
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North A
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North A
111
Life in the Far West (George Frederick Ruxton)
Life in the Far West
112
George Frederick Ruxton
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
113
Mark Twain
Lincoln at Gettysburg (Garry Wills)
Lincoln at Gettysburg
114
Garry Wills
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
115
The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Richard Rhodes)
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
116
Richard Rhodes
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America (Ira Berlin)
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America
117
Ira Berlin
The Masters of Capital (Moody)
The Masters of Capital
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Moody
Masters of Empire (Mcdonnell)
Masters of Empire
119
Mcdonnell
Mayflower (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower
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Nathaniel Philbrick
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