Lists of Bests: srfitzp88's "Great American History and Biography Books" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5578 This is a list of excellent History books and biographies. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:05:16 GMT en-us 0 50 18 0 0 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">1</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> Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/558427 <div id="position">2</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> His Excellency: George Washington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90527 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/90527"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph J. Ellis</div> American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19041 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19041"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679764410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph J. Ellis</div> Lindbergh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195415 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195415"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425170411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. Scott Berg</div> Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158934 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400077303.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Chernow</div> Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19335 <div id="position">7</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> D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19233 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19233"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/068480137X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192844_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen E. Ambrose</div> Flyboys: A True Story of Courage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6917 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6917"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316159433.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1134619143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Bradley</div> The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/748416 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/748416"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060006935.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kelly</div> Alexander Hamilton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3755 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3755"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143034758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Chernow</div> What Is History? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232048 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232048"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/039470391X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190456_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Hallet Carr</div> People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59278 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59278"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838655.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Zinn</div> Chistopher Columbus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1232057 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan MacAlpine</div> Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24589 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805066691.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dee Brown</div> "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/382084 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/382084"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0806125675.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard White</div> The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18613 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18613"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679720197.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121695165_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Kennedy</div> A New World: An Epic of Colonial America from the Founding of Jamestown to the Fall of Quebec http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828836 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Quinn</div>