7 Top history books like The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler by Norma Lois Peterson

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The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

By: Norma Lois Peterson

3.20

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Wearied by the hotly contested "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign that unseated the Democratic inc…

If you liked the history plot in The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler by Norma Lois Peterson , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. The Presidency of James K. Polk

By: Paul H. Bergeron

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

James K. Polk was one of the strongest and most active presidents ever to occupy the office. In the… read more

Similar categories in Paul H. Bergeron's The Presidency of James K. Polk book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

2. Millard Fillmore (The American Presidents, #13)

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , Paul Finkelman

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed th… read more

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3. The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur

By: None

4.40

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

This is the first single volume to focus on the presidencies of both James A. Garfield and Chester … read more

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4. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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5. The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff

3.77

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited g… read more

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"For what is a girl but a vessel made to hold the desires of men."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"O put the memory away, girl, she told herself sternly. For the sorrow could eat you entire."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"And humans were not made to be always alone; humans survive only in the company of other humans."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

"Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins."

-Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds

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6. Cuba: An American History

By: Ada Ferrer

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History ​“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more

Similar categories in Ada Ferrer's Cuba: An American History book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

3.76

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indi… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Crane Murdoch's Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Percy and Lissa shared a father, but as far as Lissa was concerned, calling him her “half brother"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"Her precociousness hardened into defiance, and her defiance broke into a reckless rage that scared even her own mother."

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The casino was at the center of a constellation of transactions. I saw fishermen come to fish the lake; a woman looking for a job; elders cracking crab legs at the casino buffet—one of two restaurant…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

"The tribe was unprepared for the boom, he believed. After centuries of colonization—of federal entities weakening and displacing tribal institutions—it did not have the resources, let alone the exper…"

-Sierra Crane Murdoch, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

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8. The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution

By: John Oller

4.15

Format: 563 pages, Kindle Edition

A popular, comprehensive biography of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," covering his famous engageme… read more

Similar categories in John Oller's The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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9. The Tobacco Wives

By: Adele Myers

3.81

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more

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10. The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

By: Robert S. Levine

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Robert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing a… read more

Similar categories in Robert S. Levine's The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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11. When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

By: Donald Rumsfeld

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Audiobook

“A personal look behind the scenes” (Publishers Weekly) of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen th… read more

Similar categories in Donald Rumsfeld's When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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12. The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

By: Norma Lois Peterson

3.20

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Wearied by the hotly contested "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign that unseated the Democratic inc… read more

Similar categories in Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler book and Norma Lois Peterson's The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction

7 must-read nonfiction books like The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler by Norma Lois Peterson

The Presidency of James K. Polk

Paul H. Bergeron

4.61

Transform Your Habits

Cuba: An American History

Ada Ferrer

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Sierra Crane Murdoch

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution

John Oller

4.15

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27 must-read history books like The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution by John Oller

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

I'm Staying With My Boys...: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

Jim Proser

4.17

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Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

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