19 Best nonfiction books like The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

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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 …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But a choice made is made, it cannot be changed. Things happened as they happened. It is possible to imagine all kinds of different routes across the continent, or a better way for the government to …"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69

Cover of Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series) by Nathaniel Philbrick

2. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

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3. 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
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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 The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck

4. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

By: Rinker Buck

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
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5. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

6. 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
  • nonfiction

7. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick

8. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.88

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"W"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

9. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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10. 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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11. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

4.04

Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."

-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Cover of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

13. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

14. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

15. 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 David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

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

16. 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

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West book and David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • adventure
  • westerns
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  • the united states of america
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

17. 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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  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West by Tom Clavin

18. 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
  • audiobook
Cover of Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants by H.W. Brands

19. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

By: H.W. Brands

4.13

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Melchizedek Priesthood: Understanding the Doctrine, Living the Principles by Dale G. Renlund

20. The Melchizedek Priesthood: Understanding the Doctrine, Living the Principles

By: Dale G. Renlund

4.56

Format: 193 pages, Hardcover

This insightful book by Elder Dale G. and Sister Ruth Lybbert Renlund helps men better understand t… read more

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Cover of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley

21. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By: Douglas Brinkley

4.17

Format: 576 pages, ebook

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more

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14 best-selling audiobook books like The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

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

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Ron Chernow

3.77

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

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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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

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

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