16 Best history books like The Great Chiefs by Benjamin Capps

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The Great Chiefs

By: Benjamin Capps

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Part of The Old West series of Time-Life Books, this book is well-illustrated and has several chapt…

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1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

Cover of Brother Against Brother (Civil War) by William C. Davis

2. Brother Against Brother (Civil War)

By: William C. Davis

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Red Storm Rising

By: Tom Clancy

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Audio Cassette

"Allah!"With that shrill cry, three Muslim terrorists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, creating a … read more

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4. A Princess of Mars / Gods of Mars / Warlord of Mars / Thuvia, Maid of Mars / Chessmen of Mars / Master Mind of Mars / Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom #1-7)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , J. Allen St. John

4.04

Format: 1167 pages, Kindle Edition

When John Carter goes to sleep in a mysterious cave in the Arizona dessert, he wakes up on the plan… read more

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"The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to hav…"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars / Gods of Mars / Warlord of Mars / Thuvia, Maid of Mars / Chessmen of Mars / Master Mind of Mars / Fighting Man of Mars (Barsoom #1-7)

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5. The Necronomicon

By: Peter Levenda , Simon , Abdul Alhazred

3.20

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Simon Necronomicon is a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction b… read more

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6. The Horror in the Museum

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Stephen Jones

4.02

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Some tales in this collection were inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, others he revised, two he co-author… read more

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7. The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant … read more

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8. Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , John Howe , Alan Lee , Roger Garland , Michael Hague , Inger Edelfeldt , None , None , Ted Nasmith , None

4.27

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

If it is the author's job to paint word-pictures, few writers have accomplished the task more brill… read more

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9. Hardcase (Joe Kurtz, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.01

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Once Joe Kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in Attica prison. Now Kurtz needs … read more

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10. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Heavy Weather

By: Bruce Sterling

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid i… read more

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12. After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC

By: Steven Mithen

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. The Children's Book of Virtues

By: William J. Bennett , Michael Hague

4.24

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The perfect companion to William J. Bennett's number-one bestseller; The Book of Virtues, The Child… read more

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14. Bulfinch's Mythology

By: Thomas Bulfinch

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of… read more

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15. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--become the objects of Marlowe's i… read more

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16. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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17. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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18. The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2)

By: Neal Stephenson

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the V… read more

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19. The Great Chiefs

By: Benjamin Capps

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Part of The Old West series of Time-Life Books, this book is well-illustrated and has several chapt… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Capps's The Great Chiefs book and Benjamin Capps's The Great Chiefs

  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • native american
  • nonfiction
  • native americans
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20. The Chroniclers

By: Keith Wheeler

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Tells of the journalists, artists, and photographers who went west to report on the terrain, native… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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21. The Canadians

By: Ogden Tanner

3.60

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA. We do no… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Ranger (The Last Ranger, #1) by Craig Sargent

22. The Last Ranger (The Last Ranger, #1)

By: Craig Sargent

3.86

Format: 215 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The place: America. The time: the future. Atom bombs have decimated some of the big cities; convent… read more

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  • westerns
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23. The Women

By: Joan Swallow Reiter

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Text and illustrations present a portrait of the industrious women who helped settle the West. read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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24. The Texans

By: David Nevin

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

This is Volume 13 of 27 in the Time-Life Books series titled The Old West, published from 1973-1980… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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25. The Spanish West

By: Time-Life Books

3.69

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

"Plant Physiology and Development incorporates the latest advances in plant biology, making it the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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26. The Clipper Ships (Seafarers Series)

By: A.B.C. Whipple

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

American shipbuilders first produced clippers in 1840 and they were the fastest, most beautiful woo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. The Pioneers

By: Huston Horn

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Reproductions of paintings, drawings, and photographs highlight a study of the men and women who op… read more

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  • westerns
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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28. The Frontiersmen

By: Paul O'Neil

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

The Frontiersmen (The Old West) O'Neil, Paul and Time-Life Books with text by Paul O'Neil, of read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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29. The Miners

By: Robert Wallace

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
Cover of The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande by Peter M. Chaitin

30. The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande

By: Peter M. Chaitin

3.90

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Coastal War, The: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande by Chaitin, Peter M. et al. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor (Civil War) by Gregory Jaynes

31. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor (Civil War)

By: Gregory Jaynes

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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Brother Against Brother (Civil War)

William C. Davis

4.07

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The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

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After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC

Steven Mithen

3.96

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1776

David McCullough

4.09

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

James Agee , Walker Evans

3.84

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David McCullough

2.60

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4.16

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