8 Best history books like Rooster: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit by Brett Cogburn

Cover of Rooster: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit by Brett Cogburn

Rooster: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit

By: Brett Cogburn

3.60

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The True Story Behind True Grit Immortalized in the classic novel and films, the real “Rooster” …

If you liked the history plot in Rooster: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit by Brett Cogburn , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Broken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #16)

By: John Sandford

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scou… read more

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2. Motor Mouth (Alex Barnaby #2)

By: Janet Evanovich

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

Barney is a woman with a taste for speed, talent for breaking rules, and knows too much about cheat… read more

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3. Hidden Prey (Lucas Davenport, #15)

By: John Sandford

3.68

Format: None pages,

When a Russian sailor is found shot to death on the shore of Lake Superior, everyone has a theory: … read more

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4. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)

By: Craig Johnson

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from theNew York Times bestselling autho… read more

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5. Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport, #18)

By: John Sandford

4.21

Format: None pages,

A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood on the walls, no… read more

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6. Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport, #17)

By: John Sandford

4.08

Format: None pages,

In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed w… read more

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7. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West

By: David Fisher , Bill O'Reilly

3.37

Format: None pages, ebook

The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fasci… read more

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8. The Nazi Hunters

By: Damien Lewis

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Nazi Huntersis the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS's hi… read more

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9. Ghost of the Guadalupe

By: Ron Schwab

4.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Old Dogs and The Accidental Sheriff comes the gripping new Western n… read more

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  • westerns
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10. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
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11. My Boy Tom

By: R. O. Lane

4.66

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

A Civil War engineer heads west to build a new life after losing his wife and son. He's built a cat… read more

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12. The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

By: Peter Tunstall

4.45

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

“A remarkable memoir of a British lad’s salad days flying bombers against the Nazis and then repeat… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT

By: Bruce Nesmith

4.40

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

HUEY WARA UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I bip… read more

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14. The Way West: True Stories Of The American Frontier (Observing American History)

By: James A. Crutchfield

3.80

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

The Texas Rangers, Forty-Niners, the Alamo and clashes with Native Americans — the American West ha… read more

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  • history
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15. Lobo 2 (The Lobo Trilogy)

By: John Deacon

4.64

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Promising to return, Lobo leaves Hannah and Tilly to hunt the man who killed his pack and caused th… read more

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  • westerns
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16. Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity

By: Leland Gregory

3.85

Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition

It's not feelings of superiority that make us suspect the universe is filled with dumb people: The … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Jaguar Prophecies (Dresden Codex, #2)

By: Jeff Wheeler

4.39

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The fate of the world is in the hands of two men. One is prophesized to end it. The other must save… read more

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18. The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)

By: Billy Wellman

3.96

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Boils, religion, and Living with the Black Death in the Middle AgesThe Black Death, also known as … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Targeted (Bob Lee Swagger, #12)

By: Stephen Hunter

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger protects a group of political hostages during a perilous standoff in … read more

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20. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.29

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Getting Out Alive: The Noah Messenger Story (True Stories of Survival Book 3)

By: Tara Ellis

4.15

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story...A lethal fall from a remote cliff shattered the spine of eighteen-year-old Noah Mess… read more

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22. The Seven Men of Spandau: The Last of the Hitler Gang (Hitler's Henchmen)

By: Jack Fishman

4.27

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The riveting story of what happened to the seven top Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of World W… read more

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23. Carson Kettle (Carson Kettle United States Marshal #1)

By: Wyatt Cochrane

4.53

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Where U.S. Marshals failed, can farm boy Carson succeed? After the Civil War, to the people of O… read more

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24. Granite City: The Life of a Bandit

By: Norman Spells

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Told with raw emotion, this is the true story of one man’s journey through the formative years of t… read more

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25. The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

By: Jack Rosewood

3.72

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you a hardcore true crime fan? Do you know all the ins and outs of popular cases and killers? … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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26. Blue Ghost: A helicopter pilot writes home from 1968 Vietnam. "Don't worry about me. Us Gun-Pilots are invincible!"

By: Larry Pueschel

4.11

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Tommie Pueschel dreamed of flying ever since he was a little kid. It's now 1968, and U.S. Army Warr… read more

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27. A Filthy Way to Die: Collected Memories of the Vietnam War

By: Ed Linz

4.39

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

The author, a retired Navy Commander, presents a unique view of the Vietnam War while providing an … read more

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28. Storm From the Sea: A Classic World War Two Commando Memoir (Memories of a Commando Book 1)

By: Peter Young

4.11

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable personal account of fighting with the Commandos in World War Two.An ideal book for… read more

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29. Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15)

By: Paul Doiron

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods… read more

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30. Rooster: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit

By: Brett Cogburn

3.60

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The True Story Behind True Grit Immortalized in the classic novel and films, the real “Rooster” … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot by Martin W. Sandler

31. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot

By: Martin W. Sandler

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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Tom Clavin

3.67

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The Last Escaper: The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist

Peter Tunstall

4.45

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Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity

Leland Gregory

3.85

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The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)

Billy Wellman

3.96

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The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

William L. Shirer

4.29

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Wings of Glory: A USS Enterprise Naval Adventure Novel (Fightin'est Ship in WWII series Book 3)

Scott Cook

4.47

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Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

Leo Heaps

4.25

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Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

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