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History Books and Writings

A comprehensive list of various bibliographic works of American, European, and world history that shaped our world.
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1775 (Kevin Phillips)
1775
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Kevin Phillips
1776 (David McCullough)
1776
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David McCullough
1920: The Year of Six Presidents (David Pietrusza)
1920: The Year of Six Presidents
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David Pietrusza
The Age of Empire: 1875-1914 (E. J. Hobsbawm)
The Age of Empire: 1875-1914
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E. J. Hobsbawm
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
The Americans: The Colonial Experience (Daniel Boorstin)
The Americans: The Colonial Experience
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Daniel Boorstin
The Americans: The National Experience (Daniel J Boorstin)
The Americans: The National Experience
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Daniel J Boorstin
The Americans: The Democratic Experience (Daniel Boorstin)
The Americans: The Democratic Experience
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Daniel Boorstin
And There Was Light (Jon Meacham)
And There Was Light
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Jon Meacham
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers
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Stephen Ambrose
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
12
Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride (Michael Wallis)
Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride
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Michael Wallis
The Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat
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Daniel James Brown
Brave Companions
Brave Companions
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The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
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Bunker Hill (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Bunker Hill
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Nathaniel Philbrick
The Civil War: A Narrative (Volume I: Fort Sumter to Perryville) (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative (Volume I: Fort Sumter to Perryville)
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Shelby Foote
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume II: Fredericksburg to Meridian (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume II: Fredericksburg to Meridian
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Shelby Foote
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III: Red River to Appomattox (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III: Red River to Appomattox
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Shelby Foote
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Jacob Burckhardt)
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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Jacob Burckhardt
Crazy Horse and Custer (Stephen Ambrose)
Crazy Horse and Custer
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Stephen Ambrose
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 (Frank Dikötter)
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
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Frank Dikötter
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination (Daniel Boorstin)
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination
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Daniel Boorstin
The Crowded Hour (Clay Risen)
The Crowded Hour
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Clay Risen
D-Day (Stephen E. Ambrose)
D-Day
26
Stephen E. Ambrose
Dead Wake (Erik Larson)
Dead Wake
27
Erik Larson
The Death of a President (William Manchester)
The Death of a President
28
William Manchester
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
29
Edward Gibbon
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
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Alexis De Tocqueville
Destiny of the Republic (Candace Millard)
Destiny of the Republic
31
Candace Millard
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
32
Erik Larson
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
The Discoverers (Daniel Boorstin)
The Discoverers
34
Daniel Boorstin
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
35
Barbara Tuchman
Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History (Robert O. Bucholz)
Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History
36
Robert O. Bucholz
Eisenhower at War (David Eisenhower)
Eisenhower at War
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David Eisenhower
The Enlightenment, Vol. I (Peter Gay)
The Enlightenment, Vol. I
38
Peter Gay
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (H. W. Brands)
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
40
H. W. Brands
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