11 must-read war books like Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands

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Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution

By: H.W. Brands

3.92

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the Amer…

If you liked the war plot in Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) by Nathaniel Philbrick

1. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

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  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
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"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Cover of The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. Ellis

2. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

The prizewinning author of Founding Brothersand American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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3. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more

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  • history
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  • military history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction

4. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

By: James M. McPherson

4.34

Format: 640 pages,

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5. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • american history
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  • audiobook
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6. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall

11. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

4.55

Format: 792 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury

12. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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13. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • military history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin

14. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

By: Tom Clavin

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

15. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

18. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • war
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Cover of In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by Nathaniel Philbrick

19. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.11

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more

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Cover of Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Nathaniel Philbrick

20. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.84

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more

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"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

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21. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

By: Andrew Roberts

4.25

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more

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  • american history
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Cover of The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 by Joseph J. Ellis

22. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783

By: Joseph J. Ellis

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more

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Cover of Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands

23. Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution

By: H.W. Brands

3.92

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the Amer… read more

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  • war
  • military history
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward J. Larson

24. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

By: Edward J. Larson

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more

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Cover of Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein

25. Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War

By: Roger Lowenstein

4.24

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigat… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. James Monroe: A Life

By: Tim McGrath

4.20

Format: 738 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • audiobook
Cover of Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich

27. Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

By: Fergus M. Bordewich

4.29

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysse… read more

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune by Greg Steinmetz

28. American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune

By: Greg Steinmetz

4.03

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The gripping biography of Jay Gould, the greatest 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, gre… read more

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  • american history
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Cover of John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams

29. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial

By: Dan Abrams

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening story of America on the edge of revolution, revealing the life of young John Adams a… read more

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  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

30. The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky

4.20

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet--the delegates to the Constitutional C… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Dialogue: The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis

31. American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

By: Joseph J. Ellis

4.23

Format: 9 pages, Audio CD

The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful exam… read more

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"The great sin of the originalists is not to harbor a political agenda but to claim they do not, and to base that claim on a level of historical understanding they demonstrably do not possess."

-Joseph J. Ellis, American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

"In fact, the past is not history, but a much vaster region of the dead, gone, unknowable, or forgotten. History is what we choose to remember, and we have no alternative but to do our choosing now."

-Joseph J. Ellis, American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

"Moreover, the very belief that Americans had somehow discovered the ultimate answer to mankind's eternal quandaries and were now poised to establish heaven on earth was a delusion that deserved to be…"

-Joseph J. Ellis, American Dialogue: The Founders and Us

30 Top history books like Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution by H.W. Brands

Transform Your Habits

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789

Joseph J. Ellis

3.18

Transform Your Habits

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Transform Your Habits

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

4.21

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26 Best history books like Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury

Transform Your Habits

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

Michael Punke

2.90

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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