Paul Revere's Ride
By: David Hackett Fischer
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Paul Revere's midnight ride is a legendary event in American history - yet it has been largely igno…
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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
- biography
- history
- american revolution
- nonfiction
"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
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
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
"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
3. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
By: Natalie S. Bober
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely i… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- american revolution
- nonfiction
4. John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
By: Evan Thomas
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous stor… read more
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- american history
- american
- biography
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
5. The Incredible Journey
By: Sheila Burnford
4.16
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, … read more
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"He broke into a run, faster and faster, until the years fell away, and he hurled himself towards Peter. And as he had never run before, as though he would outdistance time, Peter was running towards …"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and i…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Anyone unaccustomed to the rather peculiar points of bull terrier beauty would have thought him a strange if not downright ugly dog, with the maked, down-faced arc of his profile, his deep-chested, s…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
6. Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
By: Richard M. Ketchum
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In the summer of 1777 (twelve months after the Declaration of Independence) the British launched an… read more
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- american history
- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
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
- american
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- american revolution
- nonfiction
8. The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock
By: Francis Augustin O'Reilly
3.64
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; pro… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more
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- american history
- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
10. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
By: Hampton Sides
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
11. Paul Revere's Ride
By: David Hackett Fischer
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Paul Revere's midnight ride is a legendary event in American history - yet it has been largely igno… read more
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- american history
- american
- biography
- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
12. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By: S.C. Gwynne
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more
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13. April Morning
By: Howard Fast
3.51
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When you read this novel about April 19, 1775, you will see the British redcoats marching in a soli… read more
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14. Gettysburg
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more
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15. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
By: James Traub
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more
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16. The Civil War, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
By: Shelby Foote
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop move… read more
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17. 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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18. God's Secretaries : The Making of the King James Bible
By: Adam Nicolson
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
A network of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, … read more
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19. 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
- biography
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
20. 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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- biography
- nonfiction
21. 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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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"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
22. Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
By: David Frum
3.96
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Trumpocracy poses the essential question facing America to… read more
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- history
"We want things to return to normal, back to a world in which we do not have to waste time rebutting demented conspiracy theories and fact-checking farcical lies every single day. We want a government…"-David Frum, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
23. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.16
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue.In March 1836, the Mexican army … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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24. 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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- american
- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
25. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
26. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
By: Volker Ullrich
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more
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- history
27. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
By: Joseph J. Ellis
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more
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- american
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
28. Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
By: H.W. Brands
3.92
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the Amer… read more
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
29. 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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30. Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's Lost Hero
By: Christian Di Spigna
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A rich and illuminating biography of America's forgotten Founding Father, the patriot physician and… read more
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- biography
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
31. The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
By: Nicholas Morton
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages … read more
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