Lists of Bests: TheLoopweaver's "Books on American History" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55087 A group of books on American history, or on various aspects thereon. Either I've found them interesting or I'm looking forward to reading them. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:26:18 GMT en-us 0 50 17 0 0 America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655887 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/655887"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060959819.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123876745_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gail Collins</div> 1776 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743226720.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2692091 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2692091"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143037358.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Watson</div> The Battle for New York : The City at the Heart of the American Revolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1552915 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1552915"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0142003336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barnet Schecter</div> Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558427 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558427"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/019518159X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54937464_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Hackett Fischer</div> Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393454 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2393454"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143111973.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45217660_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Philbrick</div> The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9266 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9266"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375725601.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V64591320_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erik Larson</div> The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753303 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753303"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393317595.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol F. Karlsen</div> Triangle: The Fire That Changed America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314024 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314024"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080214151X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David von Drehle</div> Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883120 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/883120"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0812927184.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynn Sherr</div> The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490665 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/490665"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078679.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Russell Shorto</div> Benjamin Franklin: An American Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21184 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21184"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074325807X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Isaacson</div> American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767809 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph J. Ellis</div> Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19335 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684826976.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Ambrose</div> John Adams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20899 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20899"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743223136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69985 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69985"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684824906.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Doris Kearns Goodwin</div> Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9109 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9109"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375705244.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph J. Ellis</div>