8 Best history books like Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War by George B. Kirsch

Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War

By: George B. Kirsch

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. Whil…

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1. Blaze

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.76

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the Flap: The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the … read more

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"Blaze himself was pretty sure he himself was going to hell, as were most other people. It was a dirty world, and the longer you lived, the dirtier you got."

-Stephen King, Blaze

"Sometimes when he was in the country he would sleep in a barn and wake in the night and go out and look at the stars and there were so many, and he knew they were there before him, and they would be …"

-Stephen King, Blaze

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2. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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3. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

By: Bill James

4.29

Format: 1012 pages, Paperback

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immedia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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4. Murder At Ebbets Field

By: Troy Soos

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

It's the first Saturday in August of 1914. The New York Giants are in first place, the Brooklyn Dod… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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5. The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

By: Terryl L. Givens , Fiona Givens

3.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

"Whether by design or by chance," Terryl and Fiona Givens write, "we find ourselves in a universe f… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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7. Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War

By: George B. Kirsch

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. Whil… read more

Similar categories in George B. Kirsch's Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War book and George B. Kirsch's Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War

  • baseball
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
  • sports

8. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

By: David Cordingly

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritim… read more

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9. Baseball before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game

By: None , David Block

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

It may be America's game, but no one seems to know how or when baseball really started. Theories ab… read more

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10. A Farewell to Arms

By: Ernest Hemingway , نجف دریابندری

4.12

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the war to end all wars. He volunteered for ambulance serv… read more

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11. Jason and the Golden Fleece

By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more

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12. 100 Cupboards (100 Cupboards, #1)

By: N.D. Wilson

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

Twelve-year-old Henry York is going to sleep one night when he hears a bump on the attic wall above… read more

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13. From a Buick 8

By: Stephen King

4.19

Format: 168 pages,

The Barnes & Noble Review At first glance, Stephen King's latest bears a familial resemblance to ,… read more

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14. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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15. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

16. But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870

By: Peter Morris

4.28

Format: None pages, Hardcover

But Didn't We Have Fun? covers a period in the early days of baseball that even those who think the… read more

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17. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

By: Jonathan Eig

4.24

Format: 96 pages,

Every baseball fan is familiar with Lou Gehrig. He was the Iron Horse, the New York Yankee who neve… read more

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18. The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

This eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series b… read more

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19. A Night to Remember

By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick

3.67

Format: 208 pages,

The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more

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20. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more

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  • american civil war
  • civil war
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

By: Brad Thor

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1… read more

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"Swamp creatures prefer to work with their own."

-Brad Thor, Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)

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22. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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23. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

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24. Our Day Star Rising: Exploring the New Testament with Jeffrey R. Holland

By: Jeffrey R. Holland

4.76

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In his decades as a teacher and an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland has o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea (Dirk Pitt #26)

By: Clive Cussler

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Neînfricatul aventurier Dirk Pitt trebuie să deslușească un mister istoric de importanță epică în c… read more

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26. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

By: Luke Epplin

4.48

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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27. Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It

By: Peter Golenbock

4.05

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

"Anyone who has love for the game of baseball will enjoy this remarkable book." Library Journal, St… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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28. Let's Talk About Faith and Intellect

By: Terryl L. Givens

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In Let's Talk about Faith and Intellect , Terryl Givens, who has written broadly to both academic a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Let's Talk about Temples and Ritual

By: Jennifer C. Lane

4.26

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, God’s covenant people have always participated in ritual worship to remind them… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Let's Talk about the Translation of the Book of Mormon

By: Gerrit J Dirkmaat

4.35

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Ever since it was first published in 1830, the Book of Mormon has been intensely scrutinized by bot… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed

By: Thomas W. Gilbert

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating, true, story of baseball’s amateur origins. “Explores the conditions and factors th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports

13 Best nonfiction books like Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War by George B. Kirsch

Transform Your Habits

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

Bill James

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life

Terryl L. Givens , Fiona Givens

3.00

Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime During the Civil War

George B. Kirsch

3.69

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14 Best audiobook books like How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed by Thomas W. Gilbert

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

Joe Posnanski

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Good Rat

Jimmy Breslin

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s

Dan Epstein

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss

4.02

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