13 Best nonfiction books like Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine by Victoria Cosner

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Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

By: Victoria Cosner

3.42

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine by Victoria Cosner , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Cades Cove Story

By: A. Randolph Shields

3.85

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Mr. Shields tells the fascinating story of this beautiful, lively, mountain community. Learn about … read more

Similar categories in A. Randolph Shields's The Cades Cove Story book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell

3.92

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy prota… read more

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"Tom!"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Company would be a palpable improvement"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"But old fools is the biggest fools there is."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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3. Dandelion Wine

By: Ray Bradbury

4.08

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawn… read more

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"No,"

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928,"

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"And the sea moved her back down the shore."

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"Those women like to see their tongues dance."

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

4. Bear in the Back Seat I: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Kim DeLozier , Carolyn Jourdan

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Wall Street Journal and Audible Best Seller! This is the first volume in a series of true stories f… read more

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5. The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)

By: Pearl S. Buck

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble W… read more

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6. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By: Jennifer Worth

3.78

Format: 472 pages,

An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more

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7. Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

By: Anne Rice

4.90

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal li… read more

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8. Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)

By: Eoin Colfer

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius--and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But… read more

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9. Murder & Mayhem in Missouri

By: Larry Wood

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

Desperadoes like Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the "Outlaw State" after the… read more

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10. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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11. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

By: John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more

Similar categories in John "Chick" Donohue's The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (Stephanie Plum, #29)

By: Janet Evanovich

4.17

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” … read more

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13. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

By: Adam Kay

4.12

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more

Similar categories in Adam Kay's Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."

-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

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14. Where the Lost Wander

By: Amy Harmon

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic and haunting love story set on the Oregon Trail, a family and their unlikely protector… read more

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"The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"We spend our lives complicating what we would do better to accept. Because in acceptance, we put our energies into transcendence."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I don’t cry either; I can’t...grief is draining. I am hoarding my strength and my stamina for life, and I will not spend it on death"

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

"I spent the first fifteen years of my life fighting everything and everyone. But . . . endurance . . . is a whole different kind of battle. It’s a hell of a lot harder."

-Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

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15. Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3)

By: Stephen King

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The final book in the New York Times bestselling Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy from Stephen King and … read more

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16. No Longer Human

By: Junji Ito

4.28

Format: 616 pages, Hardcover

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a… read more

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"The more I feared people the more I was liked, and the more I was liked the more I feared them."

-Junji Ito, No Longer Human

"I drew with extremely excessively depressed emotions, deliberately penning each line, only to earn money for drink."

-Junji Ito, No Longer Human

"Los cobardes temen hasta la felicidad. Pueden herirse incluso con el algodón. A veces, hasta la felicidad les hiere."

-Junji Ito, No Longer Human

"Los débiles temen la felicidad misma. Pueden hacerse daño en el algodón. A veces son heridos incluso por la felicidad"

-Junji Ito, No Longer Human

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17. Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

By: Reese Witherspoon

3.61

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Academy award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her wo… read more

Similar categories in Reese Witherspoon's Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"You can be nervous as all get out. Just drink a beer and do it anyway."

-Reese Witherspoon, Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

"Life isn't about perfection. There is no rule book. Life has many different chapters, and every chapter deserves celebrating."

-Reese Witherspoon, Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

"Now, this is my little public service announcement: If you get invited to something, it's incumbent upon you to RSVP as soon as possible. A quick “no"

-Reese Witherspoon, Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

"One historical note that I just love: When the suffragettes were marching, at one point they started wearing red lipstick so they would all be wearing the same bold color and stand in solidarity with…"

-Reese Witherspoon, Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

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18. In Pieces

By: Sally Field

3.94

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

10 hours, 41 minutes One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sall… read more

Similar categories in Sally Field's In Pieces book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Sold on a Monday

By: Kristina McMorris

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The scrawled sign, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures th… read more

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20. Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand

By: Samuel S. Hildebrand

4.08

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Bushwhackers in the American Civil War operated as guerrillas, outside the normal chain of military… read more

Similar categories in Samuel S. Hildebrand's Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara  Butcher

21. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Butcher's What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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22. The Torqued Man

By: Peter Mann

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"A damn good read."--Alan Furst A brilliant debut novel, at once teasing literary thriller and a d… read more

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23. Murder in the Afternoon

By: Ella Jo Sadler

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Ella Jo Sadler's Murder in the Afternoon book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines

24. The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

By: Ben Raines

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of the Year. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved peop… read more

Similar categories in Ben Raines's The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster by David Brill

25. Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster

By: David Brill

3.98

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Carefully crafted book titles allow the reader to peek through a tiny opening and experience a glim… read more

Similar categories in David Brill's Into the Mist: Tales of Death and Disaster book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Historic Tales of St. Louis (Forgotten Tales) by Mark Zeman

26. Historic Tales of St. Louis (Forgotten Tales)

By: Mark Zeman

4.40

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Tales That Made St. Louis St. Louis may be known as the Gateway to the West, but its history h… read more

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27. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Catudal's Everything All at Once book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Land Between The Lakes Outdoor Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Hiking, Camping, Fishing, and Nature Study in Western Tennessee and Kentucky

By: Johnny Molloy

4.00

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Land Between The Lakes Outdoor Handbook, by Johnny Molloy, is the only comprehensive guide to the m… read more

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29. Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

By: Victoria Cosner

3.42

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine book and Victoria Cosner's Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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30. The Kentucky Cave Wars

By: David Kem

3.67

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Eighty-two square miles of rolling hills and valleys in south-central Kentucky make up Mammoth Cave… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. The Boston Freedom Trail: In Words and Pictures

By: Robert Wheeler

3.18

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A moving and informative guidebook and a keepsake worthy of coffee table d display, here is a fully… read more

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3.92

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Samuel S. Hildebrand

4.08

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4.34

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Sally McRae

4.48

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Maggie Smith

4.08

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Lauren Fleshman

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