Margaret Boardman's votes on the list Best History Books

Listopia > Margaret Boardman's votes on the list Best History Books (20 Books)

1	Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes 3.80 avg rating — 842 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Makin' tracks: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad in the Pictures and Words of the Men Who Were There by Lynne Rhodes Mayer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 7,006 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 by William Bradford 3.50 avg rating — 2,251 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The World That Trade Created: Culture, Society and the World Economy, 1400-1918 by Kenneth Pomeranz (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 457 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Honourable Company: a History of the English East India Company by John Keay 3.75 avg rating — 682 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 by George C. Herring 4.17 avg rating — 1,327 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler 4.07 avg rating — 3,104 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood 4.13 avg rating — 8,556 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow 3.96 avg rating — 12,760 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon 4.26 avg rating — 3,606 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen 4.19 avg rating — 19,203 ratings Margaret rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.11 avg rating — 11,851 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 by Stephen E. Ambrose 3.99 avg rating — 14,093 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 460,495 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.13 avg rating — 9,763 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough 4.22 avg rating — 23,261 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin 4.44 avg rating — 12,632 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester 4.33 avg rating — 15,972 ratings Margaret added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 46,400 ratings Margaret rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars