The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our HistoryMolly Caldwell Crosby★★★★★4.4(481)From Publishers Weekly In a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tenn., fled...
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground RailroadEric Foner★★★★★4.4(428)JD Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. A classically trained...
American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our NationSeth David Radwell★★★★★4.4(425)PRAISE for AMERICAN SCHISM "Almost every book I read about America these days makes me more pessimistic about the...
The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press))Benn Steil★★★★★4.4(418)Winner of the 2013 Spear's Book Award in Financial History""Co-Winner of the 2014 Bronze Medal in Economics, Axiom...
The Truth of the War Conspiracy of 1861Huger William Johnstone★★★★★4.4(361)About the Author Huger William Johnstone was born on June 12, 1846, one of three children of William and Mary Blanch...
A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of CowpensLawrence Edward Babits★★★★★4.4(360)An important work that draws upon untapped evidence and employs new methods for interpreting traditional sources. . . ....
The Responsible CompanyYvon Chouinard★★★★★4.4(346)Yvon Chouinard is a noted alpinist and the founder and co-owner of Patagonia, Inc. Hes also the co-founder, with Craig...
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of AmericaDonald L. Miller★★★★★4.4(337)John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times : "With City of the Century, Miller has written what will be judged as the great Chicago...
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryWilliam Craft★★★★★4.4(324)About the Author Richard J. M. Blackett is the Andrew Jackson Professor ofHistory at Vanderbilt University and the...
Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret TravisWilliam C. Davis★★★★★4.4(323)Exhaustive research by a master practitioner sweeps aside layers of legendry to reveal three giants of the Alamo in...
Gangland: New Zealand's Underworld of Organised CrimeJared Savage★★★★★4.4(321)About the Author Jared Savage is an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald who has won journalism awards...
Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White SupremacyEdward Ball★★★★★4.4(275)“Taking the reader along with him on a journey of discovery as he teases out facts, [Edward Ball] engages in...
The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern AmericaGus Russo★★★★★4.4(272)From Publishers Weekly Investigative reporter Russo (Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of...
Brotherhood BetrayedMichael Cannell★★★★★4.4(258)A book that can whisk you away to another world – even the Mob underworld – has pronounced value...What Cannell has...
Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's MayorAndrew Kirtzman★★★★★4.4(249)A diagnostic study of Giuliani’s auto-destruct apparatus is probably beyond the capabilities of psychiatric case...
The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series--and America's Heart--During the Great DepressionJohn Heidenry★★★★★4.4(247)About the Author John Heidenry is a native of St. Louis and was the founding editor, in 1977, of St. Louis magazine and...
Always Faithful, Always Forward: The Forging of a Special Operations MarineDick Couch★★★★★4.4(239)Review “An excellent...resource for those looking for insight into modern special operations warfare and...
Old Jules: 50th Anniversary EditionMari Sandoz★★★★★4.4(237)A realistic biography, a rare find. On putting down this book One feels that one has read the history of all...
Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching EmpireDon Graham★★★★★4.4(235)* Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the...
Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer WomenMarianne Monson★★★★★4.4(229)Nominated for the 2017 American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Award recognizing books that ''affirm positive roles...
Jefferson Davis, AmericanWilliam J. Cooper★★★★★4.4(214)The title might seem odd, given that Jefferson Davis (1808-89) served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil...
The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century (World Social Change)Robert Marks★★★★★4.4(212)In accessible prose, Robert Marks distills world history of the past six centuries to its essence. Truly global in...
The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White HouseH. R. Haldeman★★★★★4.4(204)From Booklist These diaries landed immediately on the best-seller list after their publication (no prepub galleys were...
Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of Five World-Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Millions of DollarsJohn Huddy★★★★★4.4(202)“An amazing and absorbing story . . . [John] Huddy’s vivid, visceral prose and lean narrative make reading about...