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<![CDATA[Jay Levine
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Jay
added Undaunted Courage to the book list Best American History books
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74504302
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Hardcover)
byHampton Sides bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Castles of Steel']]>
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Castles of Steel (Paperback)
byRobert K. Massie bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64950047
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon (Paperback)
byEdward Dolnick
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64950153
to: Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition (Paperback)byMarc Reisner
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61041919
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes (Hardcover)
byBryan Burrough
Like Vanderbilt, some of the up-front details around the birth of an industry (in this case oil vs. steamship and railroads) is far stronger than the individual stories of the characters involved. The one exception is the story of H.L. Hunt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunt)-- hugely entertaining rouge if there ever was one....
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61041930
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Hardcover)
byT.J. Stiles
The beginning was interesting, the rest felt a bit taxing. Would recommend only for a die hard bio fan (character more interesting than the story).
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64951086
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire (Hardcover)
byAlex von Tunzelmann bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'The Romanovs']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64951000
to: The Romanovs (Paperback)byRobert K. Massie
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<![CDATA[Jay added 'Peter the Great']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64950988
to: Peter the Great (Paperback)byRobert K. Massie
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