American History
The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.
American History Book Summaries
Case Closed
Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
History
True Crime
Politics
The Money Kings
The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
History
Biography
Business
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
The United States Of America
Grant
History
Biography
Civil War
Blind Ambition
The End of the Story
History
Politics
Biography
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
The Founding Fathers on Leadership
Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
Leadership
History
Business
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
All Too Human
A Political Education
Politics
Biography
Memoir
America's Bank
The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
History
Economics
Finance
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
History
American History
American Revolution
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
Politics
History
Crime
The Apache Wars
The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
History
American History
Native American
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
Black Folk
The Roots of the Black Working Class
History
Race
Politics
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History
American History
Native American
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Frontiersmen
A Narrative
History
American History
Historical
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
History
Biography
Presidents
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
History
Pirates
Biography
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
Mark Twain
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
History
Politics
Race
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House – A Definitive Investigative Exposé of the October Surprise
History
Politics
Iran
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
History
Politics
Biography
A Patriot's History of the United States
From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
History
American History
Politics
Black Flags, Blue Waters
The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
History
Pirates
American History
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
History
American History
Feminism
The Long Slide
Thirty Years in American Journalism
Politics
History
Biography
The JFK Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why it Failed
History
Politics
Biography
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Historical
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs
History
Biography
Civil War
Wyatt Earp
The Life Behind the Legend
History
Biography
Westerns
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
Economics
Business
Politics
Liberty and Tyranny
A Conservative Manifesto
Politics
History
Philosophy
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
History
New York
Travel
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
Politics
History
Film
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
History
Espionage
Russia
The Lost Art of Dress
The Women Who Once Made America Stylish
History
Fashion
Sewing
