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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
The American Frontier
696 books — 171 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Indigo Girl by Natasha BoydFollow the River by James Alexander ThomThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Historical Fiction: Colonial America
99 books — 82 voters

Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt StewartTomboy Bride by Harriet Fish BackusWe Pointed Them North by E.C. "Teddy Blue" AbbottDoc Susie by Virginia CornellA Bride Goes West by Nannie T. Alderson
The Old West in First Person
269 books — 48 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed  by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
188 books — 45 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Last Gunfight by Jeff GuinnLasso the Wind by Timothy Egan
Great books about the Old West
286 books — 38 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
171 books — 17 voters

Vengeance Road by Erin BowmanUnder a Painted Sky by Stacey  LeeWalk on Earth a Stranger by Rae CarsonRevenge and the Wild by Michelle ModestoBlood Red Road by Moira Young
TBPL YA Westerns
12 books — 13 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickRoger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul by John M. BarryMaking Haste from Babylon by Nick BunkerThe Name of War by Jill LeporeKing Philip's War by Eric B. Schultz
Puritans (nonfiction)
117 books — 12 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Captured by Scott ZeschJohn Ringo by Jack BurrowsBoots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth Bacon CusterAnd Die in the West by Paula Mitchell Marks
Favourite Old West History Reads
258 books — 10 voters
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid KhalidiTen Myths About Israel by Ilan PappéPalestine by Nur MasalhaWe Are Not Numbers by Ahmed Alnaouq
Palestine & Occupation
23 books — 7 voters

The Washing of the Spears by Donald R. MorrisFrontiers by Noël MostertThe Dead Will Arise by J.B. PeiresRogues, Rebels and Runaways by Nigel PennKrotoa-eva by Kwela Books
Colonial South Africa
110 books — 5 voters
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderOx-Cart Man by Donald HallWagons Ho! by George HallowellAlways Room for One More by Sorche Nic LeodhasThe Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
Covered Wagons on the Cover
95 books — 5 voters


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