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
  2. 2.
    The Writings of Thomas Jefferson

  3. 3.
    Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Library of America)
    by Alexis de Tocqueville
  5. 5.
    UNCLE TOM'S CABIN or Life among the Lowly
    by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  6. 6.
    Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America)
    by Abraham Lincoln
  7. 7.
  8. 8.
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
    by Mark Twain
  9. 9.
    American Commonwealth
    by James Bryce
  12. 12.
    The Education of Henry Adams

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