Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
By: H.W. Brands
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen…
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1. American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.96
Format: 283 pages, Hardcover
An ironic examination of the founding years of the United States of America. Historian Ellis guides… read more
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"Hindsight history, sometimes call counterfactual history, is usually not history at all, but most often a condescending game of oneupmanship in which the living play political tricks on the dead, who…"-Joseph J. Ellis, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
2. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
By: Russell Shorto
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polygl… read more
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"If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"The first Manhattanites didn't arrive with lofty ideals. They came--whether as farmer, tanner, prostitute, wheelwright, barmaid, brewer, or trader--because there was a hope for a better life. There w…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Henry Hudson was in his forties when he stepped into the light of history, a seasoned mariner, a man with a strong and resourceful wife and three sons, a man born and raised not only to the sea but t…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a fo…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
3. John Quincy Adams
By: Harlow Giles Unger
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more
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4. 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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5. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.00
Format: None pages,
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more
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6. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
By: Jon Meacham
3.44
Format: 336 pages,
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more
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7. The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
By: Richard White
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The Oxford History of the United Statesis the most respected multivolume history of the American na… read more
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8. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
By: Daniel Walker Howe
4.42
Format: 288 pages,
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9. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
By: Robert W. Merry
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomat… read more
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10. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
By: James Traub
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more
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11. Franklin Pierce (The American Presidents, #14)
By: Michael F. Holt , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz
3.75
Format: 352 pages,
The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's … read more
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12. 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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13. 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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14. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
15. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
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16. 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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17. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
By: Jeremy D. Popkin
4.21
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo… read more
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18. The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
By: Brenda Wineapple
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
America's first presidential impeachment: A prize-winning author tells the story of the efforts by … read more
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19. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
20. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
By: H.W. Brands
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more
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21. 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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