Beat the Last Drum: The Siege of Yorktown
By: Thomas Fleming
4.19
Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition
With the eye of a novelist and the rigor of a historian, New York Times bestselling author Thomas F…
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1. Crazy Horse and Custer
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.22
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Big… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- history
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2. 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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- history
- war
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
3. 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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- american revolution
"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
4. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- american history
- history
- war
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
5. Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (Gettysburg, #3)
By: William R. Forstchen , Newt Gingrich , Albert S. Hanser
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The New York Timesbestselling authors of Gettysburg continue their inventive series with this remar… read more
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- war
6. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
By: Richard M. Ketchum
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In the summer of 1777 (twelve months after the Declaration of Independence) the British launched an… read more
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- war
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- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
8. A Stillness at Appomattox
By: Bruce Catton
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the P… read more
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9. Gettysburg (Gettysburg, #1)
By: William R. Forstchen , Newt Gingrich
3.91
Format: None pages,
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- history
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11. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more
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- history
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
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12. Paul Revere's Ride
By: David Hackett Fischer
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Paul Revere's midnight ride is a legendary event in American history - yet it has been largely igno… read more
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- american revolution
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13. A Dangerous Fortune
By: Ken Follett
4.05
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1866, tragedy strikes at the exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns in a mysterious … read more
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14. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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16. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- war
"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
18. Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)
By: Brad Thor
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1… read more
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"Swamp creatures prefer to work with their own."-Brad Thor, Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)
19. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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20. 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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21. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
By: Bill Browder
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more
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- history
22. Special Circumstances (Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez Mystery, #1)
By: Sheldon Siegel
4.34
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES is BOOK 1 of 7 in the legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fern… read more
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23. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
By: Rick Atkinson
4.43
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more
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- history
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
24. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
By: Volker Ullrich
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more
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- history
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25. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
By: A.J. Baime
4.55
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more
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"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
26. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
By: Joseph J. Ellis
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more
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- history
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- american revolutionary war
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27. Edison
By: Edmund Morris
3.54
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Ed… read more
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28. The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
By: Jack Kelly
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the na… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
29. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
By: James Holland
4.30
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more
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30. Beat the Last Drum: The Siege of Yorktown
By: Thomas Fleming
4.19
Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition
With the eye of a novelist and the rigor of a historian, New York Times bestselling author Thomas F… read more
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- the united states of america
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- nonfiction
31. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
By: James Carl Nelson
3.55
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more
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