8 must-read biography memoir books like The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn

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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

By: Jeff Guinn

3.75

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A “f ascinating slice of rarely considered American history” ( Booklist )—the story of Henry Ford a…

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1. Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

By: Stacey O'Brien

4.10

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

When biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl with nerve damage in one wing,… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To that which you tame, you owe your life."

-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

"Refusing to do your bidding is not the same as stupid."

-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

"It was a lot like working at Hogwarts, except that, instead of receiving letters from our owls, we would find coughed-up owl pellets in our coffee mugs."

-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

"Wesley was always outraged when he woke himself up with a screech in his sleep, and he blamed me. He would whip around to face me with an intense librarian’s stare as if I had broken a cardinal rule."

-Stacey O'Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

Cover of Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick

2. Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

By: Edward Dolnick

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell t… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
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3. Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

By: Stephen Fried

3.47

Format: 156 pages,

The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and hist… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • business

4. Echoes of my Soul

By: Robert K. Tanenbaum

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of John Grisham's The Innocent Man, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Ta… read more

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5. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By: Daniel James Brown

4.49

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"

-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Cover of Murder Wears a Hidden Face (Gilded Age Mystery #8) by Rosemary Simpson

11. Murder Wears a Hidden Face (Gilded Age Mystery #8)

By: Rosemary Simpson

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A diplomat’s murder draws heiress-turned-sleuth Prudence MacKenzie and former Pinkerton Geoffrey Hu… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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13. Vera

By: Carol Edgarian

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by q… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
"Doesn’t everyone have at least two opposing natures warring inside them?"

-Carol Edgarian, Vera

"For I was indeed a student of human nature, as every orphan and hooker and unwanted kid must be."

-Carol Edgarian, Vera

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14. The Dead Cry Justice (Gilded Age Mystery #6)

By: Rosemary Simpson

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th cen… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
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15. Once Upon a Camel

By: Kathi Appelt

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An old camel is out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert.Zada… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure
"...the worst thing you can do to a cat is embarrass it."

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

"By the time we grow very old, all our wishes have either been granted, or they haven't. Some stay with us so long that they simply become part of who we are; they grow old with us, and might even tur…"

-Kathi Appelt, Once Upon a Camel

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16. Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We Called Home

By: Kevin O'Connor

3.89

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Heart of a House Unlike Any Other…Nestled within the walls of a stately Victorian, young Kev… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist

17. Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

By: Bill Geist

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • travel
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

By: Jeff Guinn

3.75

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A “f ascinating slice of rarely considered American history” ( Booklist )—the story of Henry Ford a… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip book and Jeff Guinn's The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison’s American Utopia by Thomas Hager

19. Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison’s American Utopia

By: Thomas Hager

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

20. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Mouse and His Dog (Dogtown, #2)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Mouse lives in Dogtown, a shelter for real dogs and robot dogs, where the kibble is plentiful, and … read more

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3.29

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3.46

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4.18

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