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Better History Books - Page 2

Books they didn't teach you in school. World history, ancient history, and then a focus on American history.
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Undaunted Courage (Stephen E. Ambrose)
Undaunted Courage
41
Stephen E. Ambrose
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Drew Gilpin Faust)
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
42
Drew Gilpin Faust
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
43
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Grant (Ron Chernow)
Grant
44
Ron Chernow
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South (Bruce Levine)
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
45
Bruce Levine
Capitol Men (Philip Dray)
Capitol Men
46
Philip Dray
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
47
David W. Blight
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (Eric Foner)
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
48
Eric Foner
A Terrible Glory (James Donovan)
A Terrible Glory
49
James Donovan
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
50
Dee Brown
Nothing Like It in the World (Stephen Ambrose)
Nothing Like It in the World
51
Stephen Ambrose
American Colossus (H.W. Brands)
American Colossus
52
H.W. Brands
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Daniel Walker Howe)
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
53
Daniel Walker Howe
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation (John Ehle)
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
54
John Ehle
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
55
Erik Larson
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
56
Edmund Morris
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
57
Isabel Wilkerson
Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent (Priyamvada Gopal)
Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
58
Priyamvada Gopal
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
59
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Queer Identities and Politics in Germany: A History, 1880-1945 (Clayton J. Whisnant)
Queer Identities and Politics in Germany: A History, 1880-1945
60
Clayton J. Whisnant
The Great Influenza (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza
61
John M. Barry
Triangle (David Von Drehle)
Triangle
62
David Von Drehle
The War That Ended Peace
The War That Ended Peace
63
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
64
Barbara W. Tuchman
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
65
Erich Maria Remarque
Last Call (Daniel Okrent)
Last Call
66
Daniel Okrent
A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Community (Lionel C. Bascom)
A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Community
67
Lionel C. Bascom
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
68
Grann
The Second Coming of the KKK (Linda Gordon)
The Second Coming of the KKK
69
Linda Gordon
Arc of Justice (Kevin Boyle)
Arc of Justice
70
Kevin Boyle
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
71
Rebecca Skloot
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
72
Elie Wiesel
The Great Crash (J.K. Galbraith)
The Great Crash
73
J.K. Galbraith
The Worst Hard Time (Timothy Egan)
The Worst Hard Time
74
Timothy Egan
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
75
Anne Frank
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
76
Stephen Ambrose
City of Thieves (David Benioff)
City of Thieves
77
David Benioff
The Cold War: A New History (John Lewis Gaddis)
The Cold War: A New History
78
John Lewis Gaddis
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Stephanie Coontz)
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
79
Stephanie Coontz
J Edgar Hoover (Curt Gentry)
J Edgar Hoover
80
Curt Gentry
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