17 must-read american history books like Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl

Cover of Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl

Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

By: Tobey Pearl

3.38

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. hist…

"A horse in a stall is safe, but that is not what horses are made for."

-Tobey Pearl, Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

"A horse in a stall is safe, but that is not what horses are made for."

-Tobey Pearl, Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

If you liked the american history plot in Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

1. 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 history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of 1776 by David McCullough

2. 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
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

3. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.85

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766 by Fred  Anderson

4. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766

By: Fred Anderson

4.19

Format: 912 pages, Paperback

In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto

5. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

By: Russell Shorto

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polygl… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • 17th century
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"The first Manhattanites didn't arrive with lofty ideals. They came--whether as farmer, tanner, prostitute, wheelwright, barmaid, brewer, or trader--because there was a hope for a better life. There w…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"Henry Hudson was in his forties when he stepped into the light of history, a seasoned mariner, a man with a strong and resourceful wife and three sons, a man born and raised not only to the sea but t…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

"Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a fo…"

-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

Cover of The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 by Bernard Bailyn

6. The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675

By: Bernard Bailyn

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

From an acclaimed historian of early America, a compelling account of the first great transit of pe… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • 17th century
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff

7. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

By: Robert Middlekauff

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically ac… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick

8. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.88

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more

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  • 17th century
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"W"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

9. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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10. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

By: Joseph J. Ellis

2.80

Format: None pages,

Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the… read more

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Cover of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

11. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
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  • audiobook
Cover of Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace

12. Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

By: Nicole Eustace

3.61

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the dist… read more

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  • true crime
  • native american
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Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

13. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin by Joseph   Kelly

14. Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America’s Origin

By: Joseph Kelly

4.10

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for re… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams

15. Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency

By: Dan Abrams

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a strange case in which he had a deep person… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

16. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • 17th century
Cover of Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens

17. Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse

By: Kim Wickens

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, … read more

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Cover of John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial by Dan Abrams

18. John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial

By: Dan Abrams

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening story of America on the edge of revolution, revealing the life of young John Adams a… read more

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  • law
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Cover of A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America by James Horn

19. A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America

By: James Horn

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • native american
Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

20. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl

21. Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

By: Tobey Pearl

3.38

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. hist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
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  • 17th century
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  • native american
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  • audiobook
"A horse in a stall is safe, but that is not what horses are made for."

-Tobey Pearl, Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

15 must-read audiobook books like Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation by Tobey Pearl

Transform Your Habits

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

1776

David McCullough

4.09

Transform Your Habits

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

Russell Shorto

4.16

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14 Best audiobook books like Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

Bret Baier

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History

Brian Kilmeade

4.16

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