15 Top american history books like The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson by David S. Brown

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The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

By: David S. Brown

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timely, “solidly researched [and] gracefully written” ( The Wall Street Journal ) biography of Pr…

If you liked the american history plot in The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson by David S. Brown , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Martin Van Buren

By: Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Format: 310 pages,

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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2. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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3. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction

4. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

By: H.W. Brands

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades,… read more

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5. 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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6. William Henry Harrison (The American Presidents, #9)

By: Gail Collins , Sean Wilentz

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The president who served the shortest term--just a single month--but whose victorious election camp… read more

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7. Zachary Taylor

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , John S.D. Eisenhower

3.71

Format: 32 pages,

The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the … read more

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8. 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

Similar categories in Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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12. 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

Similar categories in Mike Duncan's Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • politics
  • american history
  • presidents
  • audiobook
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15. Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

By: Harold Schechter

3.76

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten … read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler

By: Christopher J. Leahy

4.08

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Historians and the American public have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation’s lea… read more

Similar categories in Christopher J. Leahy's President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler book and David S. Brown's The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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18. The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson

By: David S. Brown

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timely, “solidly researched [and] gracefully written” ( The Wall Street Journal ) biography of Pr… read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

By: Nell Greenfieldboyce

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science intimate essays about the intersection of scienc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South by Peter Cozzens

20. A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South

By: Peter Cozzens

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insat… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

By: Kevin R.C. Gutzman

3.72

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same … read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction

15 Top history books like The First Populist: A Life of Andrew Jackson by David S. Brown

Transform Your Habits

Martin Van Buren

Ted Widmer , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

Walter R. Borneman

3.00

Transform Your Habits

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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8 must-read adult books like Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter

Transform Your Habits

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

Gary L. Stewart , Susan D. Mustafa

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Want-Ad Killer

Ann Rule

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence

James Renner

3.74

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