6 Best biography books like Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne

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Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

By: S.C. Gwynne

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Audio CD

From the author of the prizewinning New York Timesbestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thril…

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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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  • american civil war
  • american history
  • war
  • civil war
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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2. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

By: Stephen W. Sears

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the defi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • nonfiction
"Even as McClellan conferred with his superiors, sounds of renewed battle came from the direction of Chantilly, a country estate a few miles north of Centreville and on the flank of Pope’s army."

-Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

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3. The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

By: Benjamin R. Merkle

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The unlikely king who saved England. Down swept the Vikings from the frigid North. Across the En… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee

By: Michael Korda

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biogr… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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5. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • nonfiction

6. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction

7. 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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8. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

By: T.J. Stiles

3.91

Format: 2 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created mo… read more

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9. William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life

By: James Lee McDonough

3.00

Format: None pages,

A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 bur… read more

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10. Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

By: Allen C. Guelzo

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the legendary … read more

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11. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.66

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER An astonishing untold story of the American West The great Sioux warrior-s… read more

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12. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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13. Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara… read more

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14. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

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15. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

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16. 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
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • 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

Cover of Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World by Joe Rigney

17. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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18. The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution

By: John Oller

4.15

Format: 563 pages, Kindle Edition

A popular, comprehensive biography of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," covering his famous engageme… read more

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  • war
  • nonfiction
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19. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • war
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Cover of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by H.W. Brands

20. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

By: H.W. Brands

4.01

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

By: Raymond Ibrahim

4.31

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing l… read more

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11 Top history books like Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne

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Stephen W. Sears

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

Benjamin R. Merkle

4.39

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Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee

Michael Korda

3.31

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The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Shelby Foote

3.41

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Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

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1776

David McCullough

4.09

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I'm Staying With My Boys...: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

Jim Proser

4.17

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Amity Shlaes

3.76

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