21 Top history books like William Henry Harrison: A Fascinating Biography of the 9th United States President by Steven Wallace

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William Henry Harrison: A Fascinating Biography of the 9th United States President

By: Steven Wallace

2.83

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

An intriguing biography of the victories and losses during the political career of the ninth presid…

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. Coolidge

By: Amity Shlaes

3.76

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Ve… read more

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"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"

-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge

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3. The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.32

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death … read more

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4. 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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Cover of John Tyler: The Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol

5. John Tyler: The Accidental President

By: Edward P. Crapol

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) … read more

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6. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

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Cover of Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4) by Ernest H. Shepard, A.A. Milne

7. Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4)

By: Ernest H. Shepard , A.A. Milne

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When We Were Very Youngand Now We Are Sixcomplete the four-volume set of deluxe editions of the Mil… read more

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Cover of Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman

8. 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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9. The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

By: H.W. Brands

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes … read more

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10. 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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11. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

3.47

Format: None pages,

A New York PostBest Book of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Fa… read more

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12. Not My Father's Son

By: Alan Cumming

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Dark, painful memories can be put away to be forgotten. Until one day they all flood back in horrib… read more

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13. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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14. 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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15. A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson

By: Patricia Brady

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The forty-year love affair between Rachel and Andrew Jackson parallels a tumultuous period in Ameri… read more

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16. Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents

By: None

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightenin… read more

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17. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more

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18. 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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19. The Guns of August

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more

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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

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20. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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21. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

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

22. 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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Cover of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin  Kobes Du Mez

23. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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24. Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

By: Jared Cohen

4.12

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. A… read more

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25. Mouth to Mouth

By: Antoine Wilson

3.67

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he on… read more

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"A relationship needs its games. If there is no sense of play, there is only desperation, the fear of being alone."

-Antoine Wilson, Mouth to Mouth

"Frances had pegged Jeff as a computer whiz and Jeff did little to disabuse him of that notion. His newly acquired knowledge of Microsoft Excel had catapulted him to database wizard status and he went…"

-Antoine Wilson, Mouth to Mouth

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26. Transcendent Kingdom

By: Yaa Gyasi

4.11

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, … read more

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"I like you best when you're feeling holy. You make me feel holy too."

-Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

"There is no living thing on God's green earth that doesn't come to know pain sometime."

-Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

"Surely, there's strength in being dressed for a storm, even when there's no storm in sight?"

-Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

"The anger has notes of understanding in it. He's saying, *Yes, she's insufferable, but she's ours and so we must suffer her.*"

-Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

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27. 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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28. James Buchanan: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents)

By: Hourly History

4.16

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

James Buchanan began life as a country boy in rural Pennsylvania. He would later leave the farm for… read more

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Cover of The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding by Ryan S. Walters

29. The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding

By: Ryan S. Walters

3.61

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

"Presidents are ranked wrong. In The Jazz Age Defending Warren G. Harding, Ryan Walters mounts a c… read more

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Cover of William Henry Harrison: A Fascinating Biography of the 9th United States President by Steven Wallace

30. William Henry Harrison: A Fascinating Biography of the 9th United States President

By: Steven Wallace

2.83

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

An intriguing biography of the victories and losses during the political career of the ninth presid… read more

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31. Martin Van Buren: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Eighth President of the United States (U.S. Presidents)

By: Captivating History

3.28

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Explore the Captivating Life of Martin Van Buren Free History BONUS Inside! History chiefly remembe… read more

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