5 Best history books like A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks (Volume 1) by Brooks Blevins

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A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks (Volume 1)

By: Brooks Blevins

4.29

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri Winner of …

If you liked the history plot in A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks (Volume 1) by Brooks Blevins , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

3.91

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more

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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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2. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

By: Aldo Leopold

4.30

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes"

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

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3. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Maid's Version

By: Daniel Woodrell

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent citizen and … read more

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5. Purity

By: Jonathan Franzen , Lucie Mikolajková

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author of Freedom Young Pip Tyler doesn't know… read more

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6. The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks

By: Donald Harington

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Jacob and Noah Ingledew trudge 600 miles from their native Tennessee to found Stay More -- a small … read more

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7. Gilead (Gilead, #1)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.85

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more

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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."

-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)

8. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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9. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more

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10. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain , E.W. Kemble , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell

3.83

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down t… read more

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"งั้นก็เอาละ เราจะลงนรก..."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"Confound it, it's foolish, Tom"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"He had a dream and it shot him."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"All right, then, I'll go to hell."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

11. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

By: Michelle Alexander

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"As the United States celebrates the nation's 'triumph over race' with the election of Barack Obama… read more

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12. Knowing God

By: J.I. Packer

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more

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13. Lila (Gilead, #3)

By: Marilynne Robinson

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an … read more

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14. No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more

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15. Winter's Bone

By: Daniel Woodrell

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The sheriff's deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail o… read more

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16. Blue Skies

By: T.C. Boyle

3.81

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary A… read more

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17. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

By: B. Dylan Hollis

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Jack (Gilead, #4)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.86

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the … read more

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"Those who can't hope can still wish."

-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)

"So many of earth's grievances could be soothed by a little consideration."

-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)

"He had a way of anticipating memories he particularly didn’t want to have."

-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)

"An intensely lonely man for whom life has not gone well - I believe this was your language."

-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)

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19. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club

By: Julia Bryan Thomas

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For readers of Martha Hall Kelly and Beatriz Williams comes poignant historical fiction that remind… read more

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21. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Don't Know Tough

By: Eli Cranor

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Southern Gothic, this thrilling debut is for readers of Megan Abbott and … read more

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"He was drunk, and even NyQuil make a man brave if he drink enough of it."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

"The boys gather around their coach. They're breathing heavy, pupils big and black like drops of ink, a high they'll try and return to the rest of their lives."

-Eli Cranor, Don't Know Tough

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23. I Walk Between the Raindrops

By: T.C. Boyle

3.68

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A virtuoso of the short form, T.C. Boyle returns with an inventive, uproarious, and masterfully tol… read more

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24. 50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

By: Joe Yogerst

3.92

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best trav… read more

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25. Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them

By: Cheri Blomquist

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This unique work presents an in-depth examination of the stories and poetry that have made the most… read more

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26. A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks (Volume 1)

By: Brooks Blevins

4.29

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri Winner of … read more

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Transform Your Habits

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Aldo Leopold

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s

B. Dylan Hollis

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

Herman Lehmann

4.17

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Lorelei James

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Pact (Kate Burkholder, #11.5)

Linda Castillo

4.03

Transform Your Habits

National Geographic Complete National Parks of the United States: 400+ Parks, Monuments, Battlefields, Historic Sites, Scenic Trails, Recreation Areas, and Seashores

Mel White

4.34

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

Michael Glasgow

4.11

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