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US History
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One of my passions is U.S. History. This is a list of some of the books that I have read
and consider to be noteworthy:
Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Crucible of War: the Seven Years' War by Fred Anderson
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
1776 by David McCullough
The Whiskey Rebellion by Thomas P. Slaughter
The Alcoholic Republic by W. J. Rorabaugh
John Adams by David McCullough
A Country of Vast Designs by Robert Merry
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
The Reconstruction Presidents by Brooks D. Simpson
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Eleanor Roosevelt, vols. I, II by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Cadillac Dessert by Marc Reisnersun
The Power Broker by Robert Caro
A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class by Joe Nocera
What it Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years of Reporting in Washington by Robert D. Novak
The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't) by Alvin S. Felzenberg
and consider to be noteworthy:
Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Crucible of War: the Seven Years' War by Fred Anderson
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
1776 by David McCullough
The Whiskey Rebellion by Thomas P. Slaughter
The Alcoholic Republic by W. J. Rorabaugh
John Adams by David McCullough
A Country of Vast Designs by Robert Merry
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
The Reconstruction Presidents by Brooks D. Simpson
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
Eleanor Roosevelt, vols. I, II by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Cadillac Dessert by Marc Reisnersun
The Power Broker by Robert Caro
A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class by Joe Nocera
What it Takes: The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years of Reporting in Washington by Robert D. Novak
The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't) by Alvin S. Felzenberg