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srfitzp88's "Great American History and Biography Books"

This is a list of excellent History books and biographies.
1. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
by Russell Shorto
  
2. Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History)
by David Hackett Fischer
  
3. His Excellency: George Washington
by Joseph J. Ellis
  
4. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
by Joseph J. Ellis
  
5. Lindbergh
by A. Scott Berg
  
6. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
  
7. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Stephen Ambrose
  
8. D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
by Stephen E. Ambrose
  
9. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley
  
10. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)
by John Kelly
  
11. Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
  
12. What Is History?
by Edward Hallet Carr
  
13. People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
by Howard Zinn
  
14.
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 Chistopher Columbus
by Joan MacAlpine
  
15. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by Dee Brown
  
16. "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West
by Richard White
  
17. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
by Paul Kennedy
  
18.
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 A New World: An Epic of Colonial America from the Founding of Jamestown to the Fall of Quebec
by Arthur Quinn
  
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Created by srfitzp88 on May 09, 2006.