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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation Best Price: $8.69 It was a semi-interesting read...but coming in at 250 page for 200 years of history??? I think...	African American Odyssey, The, Combined Volume (4th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series) Best Price: $70.35 "The African American Odyssey" just got better with the release of the 3rd edition....	America Fights Back: Armed Self-defense in a Violent Age Best Price: $14.76 Finally there's a book that covers not only the Second Amendment, but the myths of gun control,...	The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record (Dover Architectural Series) Best Price: $7.90 I became interested in the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 through a friend and I bought this book...	The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Best Price: $5.99 There are numerous factual errors, for example: Marconi canal... Chalmette bisected by the...



The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (The Simon & Schuster America Collection) Best Price: $8.86 This book was an exciting telling of the events of that wonderful summer. However, I would have...	Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II Best Price: $14.50 I've found many similarities between this book and Antony Beevor's haunting tome "The Fall...	What They Fought For 1861-1865 Best Price: $7.05 James McPherson is an eminent historian, who has written some classics, such as "Battle Cry...	The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Best Price: $7.91 I have just finished reading this book. Throughout the entire reading, I often felt that the...	Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader Best Price: $11.97 I was reminded I wanted to buy this book when I read a review accusing Robert Byrd of focusing...



The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.26 "The disciplined armies always kept on foot on the continent of Europe, though they bear a...	A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920 Best Price: $11.43 In McGerr's view, progressivism was a broad based Victorian middle class movement dedicated to...	The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod Best Price: $5.00 After another family trip to Chatham I desperately wanted to bring Cape Cod home and preserve...	Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies Best Price: $10.14 A very nice book that helps you to understand better the point of view of Native Americans about...	The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 Best Price: $14.99 Dugard surveys Mexican War history from the biographical angle - following the trajectory of the...

Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion Best Price: $16.50 In some ways this is a surprisingly iconoclastic but not an entirely polemic free rendition of...	Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign (Civil War America) Best Price: $23.10 In the spring of 1862, Federal troops under the command of General George B. McClellan launched...	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Best Price: $3.00 A very good story, but as the whalers were slaughtering every whale in sight and dragging the...	Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Best Price: $5.38 This is an interesting review of some history. Some of it was in high school textbooks but long...	Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different Best Price: $7.95 Here's what I think spawned this book: A brilliant historian with such a wealth of knowledge...

Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power (P.S.) Best Price: $4.98 this book is very nationalistic and pro-america in the phrasing. which made me want to stop...	World War II: A Short History (4th Edition) Best Price: $59.59 In depth text of the events prior, during and after World War II. Starts with the Signing of...	Honky Best Price: $7.32 I was assigned to read this by my High School teacher in summer. This book really shows the...	Democracy in America (Signet Classics) Best Price: $2.65 Before approaching the text of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, I had little...	Why the Allies Won Best Price: $11.30 O livro do historiador ingl?s Richard Overy trabalha com as principais raz?es pelas quais os...

Hometown Revelations - How America's cities, towns, and states acquired their names Best Price: $5.12 This is a pretty fun book to read while on road trips or looking at maps. My biggest complaint...	The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice Best Price: $6.86 This is a wonderful read - interesting, relevant and timely, and better than fiction. Millman...	The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Best Price: $7.00 In 1675, the Wampanoag and Nipmuck people, led by a sachem identified as King Philip, went to...	Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation Best Price: $19.99 I recently finished reading "Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional...	Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Vintage) Best Price: $10.09 What we really need in this and future administrations is a Secretary of History so that we can...

Making America - A History of the United States Volume One to 1877 Fifth Edition Best Price: $54.99	The Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide Best Price: $16.21 The region, along with David Danelo's writing, is complex. His storytelling does not simply...	The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 Best Price: $3.99 The collapse of the twin towers didn't look right to me, but so much was happening that I had to...	American Story, The, Volume II, (Penguin Academics Series) (3rd Edition) (Penguin Academics) Best Price: $29.95	The Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863 Best Price: $16.99 I can't begin to tell you how many descriptions of Civil War troop movements I've been...

The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide Best Price: $8.90 Both by means of a large series of interviews of the German physicians who made the life or...	Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Dire Warning: Churchills First Speech as Prime Minister Best Price: $12.00 Few men have used the English language with such grace and to such good ends as Winston...	Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America Best Price: $4.38 Living near the Mississippi river made this particularly interesting. However, it is a good...	The Supremes' Greatest Hits: The 34 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life Best Price: $5.48 This thin volume provides an excellent introduction to many of the most important supreme court...	Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling Best Price: $11.10 Dr. Richard Bushman is to be commended for writing one of the best, most balanced biographies of...

American Journey, TLC Edition, Volume 1, The (4th Edition) Best Price: $55.46 Goldfield's American history textbook is the stereotypical text, with nothing exciting (as far...	Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century) Best Price: $8.79 I had to purchase this book for a history class focused on pop culture of 1890's - present. In...	The Power of Israel in the United States Best Price: $10.22 Petras' insight into the "jewish" lobby is both insightful and compelling. Aside from...	Flyboys: A True Story of Courage Best Price: $2.62 "Flyboys" is a surprisingly even-sided look at the war in the Pacific, which is most...	The Curse of Lono Best Price: $37.79 The last great Thompson work that I have read which I hadn't bought because it's a bit...

Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht Best Price: $16.21 The "Hell Hawks" is an excellently written and accurate presentation depicting the...	Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez Best Price: $2.79 Richard Rodriguez reflects on his journey from the barrios of California to a seat in the...	Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States Best Price: $19.00 New book, for a reasonable price. Book was in perfect condition--brand new!! Only complaint was...	Selected Speeches and Writings: Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $10.45 Of all the folks in the storied history of this world of ours, Mr. Lincoln is the one I'd most...	Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) Best Price: $18.57 It does not get any better than this as far as political writing is concerned. Thomas Paine's...

A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca Best Price: $14.47 The author pieced records together to get a coherent story. Learned about Spain in its conquest...	The First World War Best Price: $7.78 Keegan's prose is a little leaden, and the book could use better maps, as has been remarked. ...	Standard Operating Procedure Best Price: $14.30 A straight forward look at Abu Ghraib. This book is intense, hard-hitting and to be quite honest...	The Wisdom of the Native Americans Best Price: $4.85 I rarely review books but this one is an exception. This book should be required reading for all...	10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (History Channel Presents) Best Price: $7.89 This book, the companion volume to a History Channel series with the same name, is an...

Nation of Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic Best Price: $75.15 How many new editions do you need. A fifth edition is now available for this book and I bet it...	Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (African American History (Penguin)) Best Price: $10.75 This is a very good book on its own. But, as a companion to the series Eyes On The Prize, it's...

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