20 Top nonfiction books like This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South by Alan Pell Crawford

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This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

By: Alan Pell Crawford

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, important recovery of history; the overlooked story—fully explored, of the critic…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South by Alan Pell Crawford , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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2. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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4. The Wealth of Shadows

By: Graham Moore

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy… read more

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5. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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6. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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7. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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9. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

By: Boyce Upholt

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more

Similar categories in Boyce Upholt's The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873 by Alan Taylor

11. American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873

By: Alan Taylor

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s masterful history of the Civil War and its reverberations across the cont… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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12. Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World

By: Caroline Alexander

4.00

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the NYT bestelling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most br… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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13. Taking London: Winston Churchill and the Fight to Save Civilization

By: Martin Dugard

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series—with m… read more

Similar categories in Martin Dugard's Taking London: Winston Churchill and the Fight to Save Civilization book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation by John R. Bruning

14. Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation

By: John R. Bruning

4.56

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and … read more

Similar categories in John R. Bruning's Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island: The World War II Battle That Saved Marine Corps Aviation book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

15. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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16. Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

By: Robert W. Merry

4.16

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Exploring a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever, Decade of Disunion sh… read more

Similar categories in Robert W. Merry's Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861 book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

17. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
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18. This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

By: Alan Pell Crawford

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, important recovery of history; the overlooked story—fully explored, of the critic… read more

Similar categories in Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • history
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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19. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

By: Rachel Kousser

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror by Jack Carr

20. Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

By: Jack Carr

4.65

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that chan… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Reagan: His Life and Legend by Max Boot

21. Reagan: His Life and Legend

By: Max Boot

4.32

Format: 880 pages, Hardcover

Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to th… read more

Similar categories in Max Boot's Reagan: His Life and Legend book and Alan Pell Crawford's This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  • nonfiction
  • history

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4.24

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Amy Tan

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