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American History in 50 Books

American History, an incomplete reading list. From Jamestown through the present day, with more titles to be added in the future.
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John Adams
John Adams
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Grant (Jean Edward Smith)
Grant
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Jean Edward Smith
Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Rex
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Edmund Morris
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964 (William Manchester)
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964
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William Manchester
American Colonies (Alan Taylor)
American Colonies
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Alan Taylor
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
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Robert A. Caro
Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World (Nick Bunker)
Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World
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Nick Bunker
Love and Hate in Jamestown (David A. Price)
Love and Hate in Jamestown
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David A. Price
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
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David McCullough
Founding Brothers
Founding Brothers
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The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Gordon S Wood)
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
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Gordon S Wood
The War That Made America (Anderson)
The War That Made America
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Anderson
A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America (Jon Kukla)
A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America
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Jon Kukla
The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Meriwether Lewis and William Clark)
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies (Alan Taylor)
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
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Alan Taylor
Team of Rivals (Doris Goodwin)
Team of Rivals
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Doris Goodwin
The Spanish War (G. J. A. O'Toole)
The Spanish War
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G. J. A. O'Toole
The Civil War (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War
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Shelby Foote
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hampton Sides)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
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Hampton Sides
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Daniel Walker Howe)
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
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Daniel Walker Howe
So Far From God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 (John S.D. Eisenhower)
So Far From God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
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John S.D. Eisenhower
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation (John Ehle)
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
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John Ehle
Crazy Horse and Custer (Stephen Ambrose)
Crazy Horse and Custer
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Stephen Ambrose
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Dee Brown
Landscape Turned Red (Stephen Sears)
Landscape Turned Red
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Stephen Sears
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
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James M. McPherson
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
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Stephen Ambrose
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
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Timothy Egan
No Ordinary Time (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
No Ordinary Time
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
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John Hersey
Two Flags Over Iwo Jima (Eric Hammel)
Two Flags Over Iwo Jima
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Eric Hammel
Day of Infamy
Day of Infamy
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A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914-1918 (G.J. Meyer)
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914-1918
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G.J. Meyer
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Looking Like the Enemy (Mary Matsuda Gruenewald)
Looking Like the Enemy
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Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940 (Anthony J Badger)
The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940
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Anthony J Badger
The Great Depression America in the 1930s (T.H. Watkins)
The Great Depression America in the 1930s
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T.H. Watkins
With Courage and Cloth (Ann Bausum)
With Courage and Cloth
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Ann Bausum
The Fifties (David Halberstam)
The Fifties
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David Halberstam
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Robery F. Kennedy)
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Robery F. Kennedy
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