Current Events > What are some good books on American history? Non fiction, I mean.

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Can be very broad, like a book on 19th or 20th century history, or deal with a very specific subject, like the history of a state, or a famous American politician, and so on.


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Battle Cry of Freedom
Democracy in America

I am at the doctor's office for my physical. My stacks are in storage at the parents. I will think of some more.

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People's History of the United States (controversial)


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The Fire Next Time
Pilgrims Progress (not pure nonfiction. But good for context)
Federalist Papers

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Lincoln at Cooper Union


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A Peoples History of the United States is always a must-read.

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Democracy in Chains
Thunder in the Mountains by Lon Savage

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My father-in-law and I drank yesterday and he tried to get me to read a book about the confederacy and kept going on about how they were the good guys.

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