20 American History Books to Educate and Inspire Readers of All Ages
Rediscover what America has meant from 1776 to the modern day.
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Catherine Phelan & Xavier Piedra | Updated Nov 21, 2019 | Published Jun 27, 2019

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Washington
By James Thomas Flexner
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The Freedoms We Lost
By Barbara Clark Smith
The Dawn's Early Light
By Walter Lord
Seizing Destiny
By Richard Kluger
A Slave No More
By David W. Blight
Mr. Lincoln's Army
By Bruce Catton
Liberty and Union
By David Herbert Donald
Love, Fiercely
By Jean Zimmerman
Twenty Years at Hull House
By Jane Addams
Since Yesterday
By Frederick Lewis Allen
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Looking After Minidoka
By Neil Nakadate
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years
By Taylor Branch
Answering the Call
By Nathaniel R. Jones
Upstairs at the White House
By J. B. West
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
By Joan Didion
Dead Distillers
By Colin Spoelman and David Haskell
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The Cycles of American History
By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.