13 Best biography books like Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America by Mary Stockwell

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Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

By: Mary Stockwell

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In December 1791, President George Washington chose General “Mad” Anthony Wayne to defend America f…

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Cover of Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K. O'Donnell

1. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independen… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution
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2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"Never confuse Motion with Action."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"When the well is dry we know the value of water"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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3. The Frontiersmen

By: Allan W. Eckert

4.46

Format: 626 pages, Paperback

White man's massacre. Red man's revenge. Driven from their homeland, the Indians fought bitterly… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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4. John Jay: Founding Father

By: Walter Stahr

3.99

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, bor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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5. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

By: Steven Watts

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis

6. His Excellency: George Washington

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction

7. Dancing With Myself

By: Billy Idol

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

In this bold and candid memoir, music legend Billy Idol shares his life story--from his childhood i… read more

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8. Wilderness Empire

By: Allan W. Eckert

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

For over two hundred years no Indian force in America was so powerful and feared as the Iroquois Le… read more

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9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Mark Twain

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back… read more

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Cover of Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney

10. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

By: Liz Cheney

4.60

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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11. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams by Adam    Lazarus

12. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

By: Adam Lazarus

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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13. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

By: Claire North

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter… read more

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"To regret your soul is to regret your past."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"Forgive me," I wrote at the bottom. "I did not think I would break."

-Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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14. The Waters

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell

3.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the sou… read more

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"Maybe lions keep their promises not to eat your lambs just until they get hungry."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"This is a dog town. A dog gets forgiven for his crimes here. A cat has to pay the price for every transgression. Meow."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"Like any medicine, a tattoo would have its secondary side effect eventually--- might establish who you were or might transform you. Might even poison you."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

"Titus is going to come milk Delilah after seven." There was a long silence before Herself said grimly, "Don't tell me I raised the kind of girl who waits for a man to milk her cow."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

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15. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

By: Brad Meltzer

3.81

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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16. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America by Mary Stockwell

17. Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

By: Mary Stockwell

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In December 1791, President George Washington chose General “Mad” Anthony Wayne to defend America f… read more

Similar categories in Mary Stockwell's Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America book and Mary Stockwell's Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

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

18. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution
Cover of Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation by Peter Cozzens

19. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation

By: Peter Cozzens

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make cl… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life by Albert Louis Zambone

20. Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life

By: Albert Louis Zambone

4.33

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

A Major New Biography of a Man of Humble Origins Who Became One of the Great Military Leaders of th… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of Valley Forge by Bob Drury

21. Valley Forge

By: Bob Drury

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return w… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution

16 Top history books like Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America by Mary Stockwell

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Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Frontiersmen

Allan W. Eckert

4.46

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John Jay: Founding Father

Walter Stahr

3.99

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David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

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

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

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Alex Kershaw

4.29

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4.33

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