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A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency
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3.65 avg rating — 954 ratings
"The best short summary of US history; thorough, but not deep."
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The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
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4.07 avg rating — 74 ratings
"A deep investigation of spiritual and religious life in New England, from the Mayflower to the Boston Tea Party."
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From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
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4.17 avg rating — 1,328 ratings
"A complete and thorough history of American foreign relations since the Declaration of Independence."
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
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3.94 avg rating — 9,128 ratings
"The American Revolution really came in three steps: 1) Civil rebellion in Boston. 2) The American Revolution. 3) The authoring and ratification of the Constitution."
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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
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4.16 avg rating — 5,544 ratings
"The earliest fulfillment of the mandate of the US Constitution."
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
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4.17 avg rating — 8,826 ratings
"The beginnings of America as the land of innovation in technology and religion, and the profound (and not particularly positive) impact of Colonel Jackson as President of the United States."
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Washington: A Life
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4.17 avg rating — 84,201 ratings
"The father of our country."
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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4.28 avg rating — 201,913 ratings
"When the end of slavery and the unity of the country were considered conflicting goals, Lincoln managed to achieve both at once."
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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4.37 avg rating — 294,627 ratings
"A reminder that the history of white America ignores 4 centuries of attacks on the human dignity of black America."
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John Adams
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4.09 avg rating — 380,207 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
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4.22 avg rating — 202,619 ratings
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
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3.94 avg rating — 29,120 ratings
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John Jay: Founding Father
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1776
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4.10 avg rating — 250,980 ratings
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Jamestown: The Buried Truth
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3.89 avg rating — 335 ratings
"A reminder that the written history must be checked against actual, physical proof."
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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3.95 avg rating — 47,816 ratings
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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
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3.67 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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3.89 avg rating — 46,559 ratings
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American Colonies: The Settling of North America
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4.08 avg rating — 4,744 ratings
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The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
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4.04 avg rating — 1,881 ratings
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The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy
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3.99 avg rating — 776 ratings
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Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
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3.91 avg rating — 397 ratings
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A History of American Law
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4.13 avg rating — 547 ratings
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A Religious History of the American People
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4.15 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
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4.05 avg rating — 151,735 ratings
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
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4.14 avg rating — 3,229 ratings
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His Excellency: George Washington
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3.96 avg rating — 43,528 ratings
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The Wright Brothers
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4.18 avg rating — 99,602 ratings
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
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4.38 avg rating — 3,621 ratings
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My Country 'Tis of Thee
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3.61 avg rating — 955 ratings
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In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
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3.95 avg rating — 1,078 ratings
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Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
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4.22 avg rating — 6,289 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
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4.05 avg rating — 43,633 ratings
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A. Lincoln
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4.30 avg rating — 20,413 ratings
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Champlain's Dream
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4.29 avg rating — 1,705 ratings
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 61,598 ratings
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
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3.99 avg rating — 14,161 ratings
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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
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3.92 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
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America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union
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4.17 avg rating — 442 ratings
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The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
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4.04 avg rating — 2,625 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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4.26 avg rating — 103,779 ratings
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Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World
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3.65 avg rating — 436 ratings
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Grant
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4.50 avg rating — 44,938 ratings
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Puerto Rico: A Political and Cultural History
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3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Tecumseh and Brock: The War of 1812
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3.92 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era
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4.06 avg rating — 330 ratings
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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
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3.97 avg rating — 10,825 ratings
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent
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3.84 avg rating — 7,709 ratings
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The Chinese in America: A Narrative History
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4.30 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
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John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
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3.94 avg rating — 7,929 ratings
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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
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3.44 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
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4.12 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
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Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
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3.23 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
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3.68 avg rating — 2,783 ratings
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The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House
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3.51 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Abigail Adams
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3.84 avg rating — 332 ratings
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Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History
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3.75 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
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4.27 avg rating — 9,130 ratings
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The Federalist Papers
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4.10 avg rating — 42,314 ratings
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Common Sense
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 40,179 ratings
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
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4.15 avg rating — 602 ratings
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