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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $13.50 Saying great things about a great man like Lincoln reminds me of my favorite Christmas song:...	The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Best Price: $17.35 I had just finished reading Complicity (The North's involvment in the slave trade) when this...	The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage Best Price: $17.41 There is a review in this week's THE WEEK magazine, calling Epstein's book 'maybe the best...	John Adams Best Price: $7.67 I took this book with me to Miami in April and finished it there, as I was completely...	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Best Price: $4.95 Seemingly hundreds of books have been written about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Books about...



Alexander Hamilton Best Price: $5.70 From what I learned of American history as a schoolboy, Hamilton was certainly considered as one...	Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Best Price: $8.00 In "Benjamin Franklin," Walter Isaacson manages to chronicle the life of Franklin in a...	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Best Price: $7.91 Although this book was listed by the vendor, it was out of stock so I never got it. My account...	FDR Best Price: $11.63 FDR comes to life, his greatness and his flaws. Mr. Smith has constructed a marvelous one volume...	My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $19.50 I am very pleased with the quality of this book. I watched the John Adams series on HBO and...



The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) Best Price: $6.00 Many academics and scholars border on creative madness, take Kierkegaard and Nietzsche for...	Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) Best Price: $7.90 Was purchased due to a requirement by my childs school. He has informed me it is a good book.	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $8.33 I could not put it down. A wonderfully written book about an exciting president, with great...	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $6.55 Absolute claptrap from a morally bankrupt excuse of a human being who cannot find his niche in...	The Reagan Diaries Best Price: $7.45 What a fantastic book; written by President Reagan at the time history was being made. They say...

Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America Best Price: $16.60 James K. Polk always shows up on the best Presidents' list along with the obvious Washingtons,...	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Best Price: $12.28 Robert Caro's The Power Broker, a biography of Robert Moses, contains every attribute of a...	The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $18.94 This is a very intersting book. The letters are all preceeded by an introduction that gives the...	Lincoln Best Price: $7.75 This is a biography of Lincoln. The problem in writing a biography of Lincoln, of course, is...	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Best Price: $4.98 I have to say this is the most inspirational book I have ever read in my 51 years. Franklin's...

Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life Best Price: $16.68 Biography is a form of archeology. Over 60 years after Franklin Roosevelt's death, new...	A Rumor of War Best Price: $8.46 I thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look...	The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Best Price: $6.38 There is a disturbing self-published book here: http://www.lulu.com/content/2687797 which sums...	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Best Price: $5.40 Even though I'd seen and heard multiple items about the founding generation, I was pleasantly...	An American Family: The Buckleys Best Price: $17.26 Reid Buckley (RIP) has masterfully written an insightful memoir of a family (his own) that,...

Boone: A Biography Best Price: $15.95 An over long development of the life of a very significant figure in American (Kentucky)...	The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics) Best Price: $1.86 This is one of the most violent books (an autobiography!) I ever read. It illustrates...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself Best Price: $3.92 87 years after the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted and...	Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $5.73 I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found it difficult to put down and on the rare...	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.01 I have read this book myself at least twice. This book was purchased as a graduation present for...

If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Best Price: $5.00 Tim O'Brien fan and have not read this book? You will not be disappointed. Never read O'Brien?...	House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family Best Price: $16.95 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Fisher presents detailed, compassionate portraits of seven...	His Excellency: George Washington Best Price: $7.94 There are many review about this book so I will not go into a lot of detail. First I will talk...	Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir Best Price: $7.98 This was an excellent book helping me to get to know our candidate for president. It gave me...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Signet Classics) Best Price: $1.45 The Narrative is another book, like Hiroshima, that ever person should read. The in-depth look...

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West Best Price: $8.68 Once upon a time in the West, a man named William Gilpin was blown westward along with an...	Eyewitness to the Civil War Best Price: $20.00 Purchased this book as a gift for my husband who has many books on the Civil War. He says this...	Roughing It (Enriched Classic Series) Best Price: $3.48 This book is not one that you will sit down and read over a weekend. It is a slow reader,...	Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, (Vintage) Best Price: $6.71 I had read Robert Caro's book on Robert Moses, and I found Master of the Senate to be an equally...	Rogue Warrior Best Price: $4.02 This book is an exciting roller coaster ride throught the life of Marcinko. It was hard to put...

Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker Best Price: $5.49 I have read several biographies over the years of nearly President of 20th century, and so the...	Zachary Taylor: The 12th President, 1849-1850 (The American Presidents) Best Price: $12.18 Eisenhower handles Taylor's military career and his exploits in the Mexican War very neatly and...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Enriched Classics) Best Price: $1.86 I ordered this book for my daughter,for college. She is very pleased with it.	Young Men and Fire Best Price: $3.75 This is the quintessential non-fiction account of Mann Gulch. It creates the foundation of our...	Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer (Civil War America) Best Price: $25.06 Wade Hampton III who was born in 1818 and whose life spanned the century (he died in 1902) was...

Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him Best Price: $3.92 This is a great book by a great man. John McCain's humor, style, and love of life are inspiring...	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Best Price: $4.99 Read this as a first edition hardback---my Amazon reviewing is a little behind, to say the...	Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different Best Price: $7.95 The chapters on each of the founding fathers Woods wrote on included a lot of detailed character...	A Remarkable Mother Best Price: $3.95 Very quick service. I got this book for my mom for Mother's Day and she loved it. I recommend...	The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Best Price: $6.79 This is perhaps the best biography I have ever read for the following reasons: The author has...

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Eminent Lives) Best Price: $11.89 If you need an extremely well-written, concise, sympathetic, balanced and reasonably complete...	The Jim Morrison Scrapbook Best Price: $16.00 I am a big fan of the Doors, and Jim Morrison (went to his grave in Pere La Chaise twice) and I...	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Best Price: $2.23 I am so glad that I read this book. I found it uplifting and inspirational. How amazing that...

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