50 Books like Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Tried by War

by James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

6k+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War 97%

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

by James M. McPherson 2008

4.09

6k+ ratings

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Team of Rivals

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

201k+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals 97%

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005

4.29

201k+ ratings

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman

by Joseph R. Fornieri • 2013

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

4.67

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman 96%

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013

4.67

6 ratings

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Grant

by Ron Chernow • 2017

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

4.50

45k+

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Grant 96%

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

by Ron Chernow 2017

4.50

45k+ ratings

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Lincoln on Leadership

by Donald T. Phillips • 1993

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

4.16

8k+

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Lincoln on Leadership 95%

He filled his cabinet with rivals and still won the war. Lincoln's playbook for tough times.

by Donald T. Phillips 1993

4.16

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Historical Leadership 💼 Executive Leadership 🚨 Crisis Management ⚔️ Civil War History 📣 Communication Strategy

Confronting the Presidents

by Bill O'Reilly • 2024

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

4.26

7k+

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

Confronting the Presidents 94%

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

by Bill O'Reilly 2024

4.26

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

3.97

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington 94%

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

by James MacGregor Burns 2004

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

4.14

10k+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Summary

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs 94%

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Leadership

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2018

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

4.40

16k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

Leadership 93%

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018

4.40

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🧠 Cognitive Diversity

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

by Donald T. Phillips • 2017

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

3.87

258

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Lincoln on Leadership for Today 93%

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

by Donald T. Phillips 2017

3.87

258 ratings

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

John Adams

by David McCullough • 2001

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

4.09

379k+

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

John Adams 93%

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

by David McCullough 2001

4.09

379k+ ratings

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

Thomas Jefferson

by Jon Meacham • 2012

How the Declaration's author became the most quietly effective politician of the founding era.

4.05

43k+

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 🦅 American Presidency 📖 Presidential Biography 🔔 Revolutionary America

Thomas Jefferson 93%

How the Declaration's author became the most quietly effective politician of the founding era.

by Jon Meacham 2012

4.05

43k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 🦅 American Presidency 📖 Presidential Biography 🔔 Revolutionary America

COUNSELOR

by Theodore C. Sorensen • 2008

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

4.05

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

COUNSELOR 93%

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration 🌐 Cold War Politics ✍️ Political Speechwriting

Blood on the Moon

by Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

704

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Blood on the Moon 93%

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001

4.17

704 ratings

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Cape Cod and the Civil War

by Stauffer Miller • 2010

A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.

4.14

🏛️ Civil War Microhistory 📜 Massachusetts History ⚓ Naval History ✊ Abolitionism 🏠 Home Front Life

Cape Cod and the Civil War 93%

A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.

by Stauffer Miller 2010

4.14

7 ratings

🏛️ Civil War Microhistory 📜 Massachusetts History ⚓ Naval History ✊ Abolitionism 🏠 Home Front Life

Founding Brothers

by Joseph J. Ellis • 2000

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

3.95

48k+

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

Founding Brothers 93%

The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.

by Joseph J. Ellis 2000

3.95

48k+ ratings

🏛️ Early American Republic 📜 Founding Fathers 🤝 Political Compromise ⚔️ Political Rivalries 🔗 Slavery And The Founding

Renegade

by Richard Wolffe • 2009

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

3.94

2k+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Renegade 92%

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

by Richard Wolffe 2009

3.94

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

by George W. Bush • 2014

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

4.08

12k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

41 92%

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

by George W. Bush 2014

4.08

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

by Donald T. Phillips • 1997

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

3.87

298

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Founding Fathers on Leadership Summary

The Founding Fathers on Leadership 92%

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

by Donald T. Phillips 1997

3.87

298 ratings

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Situation Room

by George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

4.33

11k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Situation Room 92%

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

by George Stephanopoulos 2024

4.33

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

Crisis and Command

by John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command 92%

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

by John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 ratings

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

His Very Best

by Jonathan Alter • 2020

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

4.35

3k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy 📫 Post-Presidential Service 🤝 Conflict Resolution

His Very Best 92%

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

by Jonathan Alter 2020

4.35

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy 📫 Post-Presidential Service 🤝 Conflict Resolution

The Path to Power

by Robert A. Caro • 1982

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

4.43

27k+

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

The Path to Power 92%

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

by Robert A. Caro 1982

4.43

27k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

American Brutus

by Michael W. Kauffman • 2004

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

4.16

3k+

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

American Brutus 92%

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

by Michael W. Kauffman 2004

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔍 Flawed Investigations 🎭 Celebrity Criminals

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

4.19

455

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 92%

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957

4.19

455 ratings

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Bridge

by David Remnick • 2010

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

4.10

5k+

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Bridge 92%

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

by David Remnick 2010

4.10

5k+ ratings

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

Benjamin Franklin

by Hourly History • 2016

Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.

4.18

632

📜 Founding Fathers 🏛️ Colonial America 💡 American Enlightenment 🧱 Self Made Lives 🏙️ Civic Innovation

Benjamin Franklin 92%

Ran away at 17 with empty pockets; by 70, he charmed France into bankrolling America.

by Hourly History 2016

4.18

632 ratings

📜 Founding Fathers 🏛️ Colonial America 💡 American Enlightenment 🧱 Self Made Lives 🏙️ Civic Innovation

Killing Kennedy

by Bill O'Reilly • 2012

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

4.11

62k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Killing Kennedy 92%

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

by Bill O'Reilly 2012

4.11

62k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History

by Terrence Edward Paupp • 2014

RFK's vision linked civil rights, poverty, and foreign policy into a radical, unfinished challenge.

4.00

🗳️ Political Biography ⚖️ Moral Leadership 💰 Economic Justice ✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Antiwar Activism

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History Summary

Robert F. Kennedy in the Stream of History 92%

RFK's vision linked civil rights, poverty, and foreign policy into a radical, unfinished challenge.

by Terrence Edward Paupp 2014

4.00

1 ratings

🗳️ Political Biography ⚖️ Moral Leadership 💰 Economic Justice ✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Antiwar Activism

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama • 2020

The Obama presidency from the inside: economic crisis, the healthcare battle, and the cost of hope.

4.31

279k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ American Politics 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📉 Economic Crisis Response 🧑🏾‍🦱 Racial Identity

A Promised Land 92%

The Obama presidency from the inside: economic crisis, the healthcare battle, and the cost of hope.

by Barack Obama 2020

4.31

279k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ American Politics 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📉 Economic Crisis Response 🧑🏾‍🦱 Racial Identity

Revolutionary Characters

by Gordon S. Wood • 2006

Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.

3.96

4k+

🏛️ Founding Fathers 👥 Collective Biography 💡 Enlightenment Thought 🎭 Myth-Making 📚 Intellectual History

Revolutionary Characters 92%

Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.

by Gordon S. Wood 2006

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers 👥 Collective Biography 💡 Enlightenment Thought 🎭 Myth-Making 📚 Intellectual History

My Life

by Bill Clinton • 2004

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

3.74

50k+

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

My Life 92%

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

by Bill Clinton 2004

3.74

50k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

The Original Black Elite

by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor • 2017

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

4.03

279

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift 🔍 Forgotten Histories 🚫 Jim Crow America

The Original Black Elite 92%

Reconstruction built a Black elite in Washington D.C. Jim Crow buried them and erased their story.

by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor 2017

4.03

279 ratings

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 📜 Black Elite History 🕊️ Racial Uplift 🔍 Forgotten Histories 🚫 Jim Crow America

Walt Whitman

by Justin Kaplan • 1980

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

3.94

326

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Walt Whitman 92%

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

by Justin Kaplan 1980

3.94

326 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Decision Points

by George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

43k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Decision Points 91%

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

by George W. Bush 2010

3.81

43k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

The South Was Right!

by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

3.93

482

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

The South Was Right! 91%

The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.

by James Ronald Kennedy 1991

3.93

482 ratings

🏴 Lost Cause 🏡 Southern Identity 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ State Sovereignty ✂️ Secession

Confidence Man

by Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

4.09

11k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man 91%

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

by Maggie Haberman 2022

4.09

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Pioneers

by David McCullough • 2019

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

3.82

28k+

🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

The Pioneers 91%

Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.

by David McCullough 2019

3.82

28k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🌄 Westward Expansion 🏛️ Nation Building 🏕️ Frontier Life

How the South Won the Civil War

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

4.31

5k+

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 91%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

The World As It Is

by Ben Rhodes • 2018

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

4.30

13k+

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

The World As It Is 91%

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

by Ben Rhodes 2018

4.30

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative 💻 Information Warfare ☢️ Nuclear Diplomacy

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar • 2019

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

3.97

2k+

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge 91%

In 1796, Ona Judge walked out of George Washington's house and onto a ship. She never returned.

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ American Slavery 🪶 Enslaved Women 🏃🏿‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Stories 🏘️ Free Black Communities

These Truths

by Jill Lepore • 2018

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

4.40

14k+

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

These Truths 91%

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

by Jill Lepore 2018

4.40

14k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

Leadership in War

by Andrew Roberts • 2019

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

3.80

2k+

🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

Leadership in War 91%

Wartime leaders share a playbook. So why do some become Churchill and others become Hitler?

by Andrew Roberts 2019

3.80

2k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Leadership 📖 Historical Case Studies 📚 Comparative Biography 👤 Great Man Theory ⚔️ Military History

To Risk It All

by James G. Stavridis • 2022

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

3.98

684

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making 🛡️ Military Ethics 🦁 Moral Courage

To Risk It All 91%

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

by James G. Stavridis 2022

3.98

684 ratings

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making 🛡️ Military Ethics 🦁 Moral Courage

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass • 2004

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

4.13

138k+

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Summary

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 91%

A former slave's firsthand account of how literacy unlocked his escape from bondage.

by Frederick Douglass 2004

4.13

138k+ ratings

📜 Slave Narratives ⛓️ American Slavery 🔓 Self-Emancipation 📚 Literacy And Freedom ✊ Abolitionist Literature

The Black History of the White House

by Clarence Lusane • 2011

Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.

4.15

434

🏛️ White House History ⛓️ Slavery And Resistance 🚋 Jim Crow Era 🏗️ Reconstruction ✊ Civil Rights Movement

The Black History of the White House Summary

The Black History of the White House 91%

Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.

by Clarence Lusane 2011

4.15

434 ratings

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The Great Contradiction 91%

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4.22

379

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My Fellow Soldiers 91%

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by Andrew Carroll 2017

4.22

379 ratings

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4.32

951

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The Grift 91%

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4.32

951 ratings

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Destiny of the Republic 91%

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4.24

86k+ ratings

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