5 Top adventure books like The Old Lion by Jeff Shaara

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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…

If you liked the adventure plot in The Old Lion by Jeff Shaara , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear

1. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

Similar categories in C.W. Goodyear's President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • american history
  • presidents
  • audiobook
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2. 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

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • american history
  • historical
  • politics
  • adult
  • 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

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3. Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.22

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

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

Similar categories in Brian Kilmeade's Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • historical
  • american history
  • presidents
Cover of The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1) by Steve Berry

4. The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-pack… read more

Similar categories in Steve Berry's The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1) book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. Flash Point (Jack Ryan Jr.)

By: Don Bentley

4.42

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

One split second is all it can take . . .Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself at the scene of a conspiracy … read more

Similar categories in Don Bentley's Flash Point (Jack Ryan Jr.) book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Old Lion by Jeff Shaara

6. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • adult fiction
  • american history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice by Tom Clavin

7. 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

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

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

8. 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

Similar categories in Chris Wimmer's The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • historical
  • american history
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

By: Bret Baier

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

 Instant New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how Geo… read more

Similar categories in Bret Baier's To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • american history
  • historical
  • politics
  • presidents
  • audiobook
Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

10. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

Similar categories in Ronald C. White Jr.'s On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Tom Clavin's The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • american history
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Bill O'Reilly

3.67

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more

Similar categories in Bill O'Reilly's Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • historical
  • american history
  • audiobook
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13. 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America

By: Scott Martelle

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling slice of history with contemporary resonance, this unique account examines the most … read more

Similar categories in Scott Martelle's 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • american history
  • presidents
  • audiobook
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

14. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more

Similar categories in Eric Jay Dolin's Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • american history
  • adventure
Cover of Iwo, 26 Charlie: A Novel (P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels) by P.T. Deutermann

15. Iwo, 26 Charlie: A Novel (P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels)

By: P.T. Deutermann

4.61

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

P. T. Deutermann is a contemporary master of World War II military fiction: writing about the lives… read more

Similar categories in P.T. Deutermann's Iwo, 26 Charlie: A Novel (P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels) book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

16. 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

Similar categories in Elizabeth Varon's Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • american history
"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

17. 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

Similar categories in H.W. Brands's Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • american history
  • audiobook
Cover of God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man by Jack   Kelly

18. God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man

By: Jack Kelly

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Benedict Arnold committed treason— for more than two centuries, that’s all that most Americans have… read more

Similar categories in Jack Kelly's God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • historical
  • american history
  • audiobook
Cover of Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World by David L. Roll

19. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

Similar categories in David L. Roll's Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • politics
  • american history
  • presidents
Cover of Ike's Journey: A Novel of World War II by Robert Kofman

20. Ike's Journey: A Novel of World War II

By: Robert Kofman

4.40

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Ike Eisenhower is charged by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill with leading an alliance t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Kofman's Ike's Journey: A Novel of World War II book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

Cover of Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot by Martin W. Sandler

21. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot

By: Martin W. Sandler

3.84

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more

Similar categories in Martin W. Sandler's Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot book and Jeff Shaara's The Old Lion

  • historical
  • american history
  • adult

5 best-selling adult books like The Old Lion by Jeff Shaara

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Old Lion

Jeff Shaara

4.24

Transform Your Habits

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

Chris Wimmer

3.95

Transform Your Habits

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

Tom Clavin

3.67

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22 must-read audiobook books like 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America by Scott Martelle

Transform Your Habits

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

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