16 Top biography books like Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury

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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall …

If you liked the biography plot in Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose

1. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Cover of Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West by Michael Punke

2. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

By: Michael Punke

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 mil… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction

3. 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
  • westerns
  • war
  • nonfiction

4. 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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5. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

By: David McCullough

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more

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6. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

By: Hampton Sides

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more

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7. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

By: Tom Clavin

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded w… read more

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Cover of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

8. 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
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

9. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

10. 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
  • historical
  • 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 Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury

11. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more

Similar categories in Bob Drury's Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier book and Bob Drury's Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America by H.W. Brands

12. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

13. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

14. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
Cover of Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

15. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Old Lion by Jeff Shaara

16. 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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  • historical
  • american history
  • adventure
Cover of Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin

17. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice

By: Tom Clavin

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

18. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

By: Chris Wimmer

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

19. 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
  • history
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  • military history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West by H.W. Brands

20. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

By: H.W. Brands

4.24

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the Am… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang by Tom Clavin

21. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

By: Tom Clavin

3.67

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775) by Steven Rinella

22. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)

By: Steven Rinella

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Listening time = 6 hours and 3 minutes From the creators of the New York Times bestselling serie… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Frontier Lawmen) by Tom Clavin

23. Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Frontier Lawmen)

By: Tom Clavin

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the N… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides

24. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

By: Hampton Sides

4.57

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen) by Tom Clavin

25. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)

By: Tom Clavin

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival by Tom Clavin

26. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

By: Tom Clavin

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive.On August 13, 1944,… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
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Cover of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

27. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"

-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Cover of Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West by Tom Clavin

28. Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West

By: Tom Clavin

3.99

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explore… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • nonfiction
Cover of War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion by Jeff Guinn

29. War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion

By: Jeff Guinn

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charl… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

30. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West by Jerry Enzler

31. Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West

By: Jerry Enzler

4.41

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger st… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction

26 Best history books like Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury

Transform Your Habits

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

Michael Punke

2.90

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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9 must-read biography books like Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen) by Tom Clavin

Transform Your Habits

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69

Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West

Jeff Guinn

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde

John Boessenecker

3.94

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

3.92

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