American History


The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
P.S. Be Eleven
Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
Hell or Richmond
All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
The Way of the Knife
Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations

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  • The Golden Medina by Edwin Jerome Reuben
    The Golden Medina
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    In this rare historical fiction, meet The Grodsky’s; a close pious Jewish family who leave their oppressed Russian shtetl in 1914 for America, the gol…more View Details »
    Giveaway dates: Jun 10 - Jul 01, 2013
    1 copy available, 50 people requesting
    Countries available: US and CA
  • Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
    Orphan Train
    The House Girl
    Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
    Columbine
    The Dressmaker
    The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
    Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
    Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
    The Gods of Gotham
    Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
    Dead End in Norvelt
    The Lions of Little Rock
    The Dry Grass of August
    New York: The Novel
    1776
    John Adams
    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
    A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
    Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
    Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
    The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
    Truman
    His Excellency: George Washington
    American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
    Alexander Hamilton

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