Thirteen Books You Must Read To Understand America

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This list created by the noted author and historian Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. appeared in an article in the February/March 1998 issue of American Heritage magazine. (Note: some books may be listed or only available as separate volumes, creating a list longer than thirteen)

  1. 1.
    The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)
    by Alexander Hamilton

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  2. 2.
    The Writings of Thomas Jefferson

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  3. 3.
    Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Library of America)
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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  4. 4.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson : Essays and Lectures (Library of America)
    by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  5. 5.
    UNCLE TOM'S CABIN or Life among the Lowly
    by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  8. 8.
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
    by Mark Twain

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  9. 9.
    American Commonwealth
    by James Bryce

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  12. 12.
    The Education of Henry Adams

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  13. 13.
    The American Language
    by H.L. Mencken

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  16. 16.
    The Irony of American History
    by Reinhold Niebuhr

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Created by Oodb on Jun 22, 2008.
 

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