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
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
History
Politics
American History
Overthrow
America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
History
Politics
American History
The Pioneers
The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
History
American History
Historical
The Pioneers
The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
History
American History
Historical
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Not Stolen
The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World
History
American History
Politics
Not Stolen
The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World
History
American History
Politics
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
Crime
History
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
True Crime
Crime
History
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
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1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations)] [Author: Ervand Abrahamian] published on
History
Iran
Middle East
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1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations)] [Author: Ervand Abrahamian] published on
History
Iran
Middle East
The Secret Token
Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
History
American History
Mystery
The Secret Token
Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
History
American History
Mystery
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
History
Economics
Business
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
History
Economics
Business
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
Slavery by Another Name
The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
History
Race
Politics
Trail of Tears
The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
History
Native American
American History
Trail of Tears
The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
History
Native American
American History
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
Biography
History
Politics
Buckley
The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
Biography
History
Politics
The Brothers
John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
History
Biography
Politics
The Brothers
John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War
History
Biography
Politics
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
History
Race
Politics
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
History
Race
Politics
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Politics
History
Memoir
After the Fall
Being American in the World We've Made
Politics
History
Memoir
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
Politics
History
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
Politics
History
Economics
Medicine River
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
History
Indigenous
Memoir
Medicine River
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
History
Indigenous
Memoir
Hellhound on His Trail
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
History
True Crime
Biography
Hellhound on His Trail
The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
History
True Crime
Biography
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
History
Adventure
Survival
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
History
Adventure
Survival
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
History
Biography
Presidents
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
History
Biography
Presidents
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
Politics
Psychology
History
Authoritarian Nightmare
Trump and His Followers
Politics
Psychology
History
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
History
American History
Politics
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
History
American History
Politics
Reconstruction
America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
History
American History
Civil War
Reconstruction
America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
History
American History
Civil War
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
History
Politics
American History
Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
History
Politics
American History
Rebellion
How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again
Politics
History
American History
Rebellion
How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again
Politics
History
American History
The Great Contradiction
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
History
American History
Politics
The Great Contradiction
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
History
American History
Politics
Never Caught
The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
History
Biography
American History
Never Caught
The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
History
Biography
American History
King of Kings
The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
History
Politics
Middle East
King of Kings
The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
History
Politics
Middle East
How the South Won the Civil War
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
History
Politics
American History
How the South Won the Civil War
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
History
Politics
American History
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
1913-1951
Economics
History
Finance
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
1913-1951
Economics
History
Finance
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
The South Was Right!
History
Civil War
American History
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
History
American History
Politics
Unworthy Republic
The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
History
American History
Politics
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
History
American History
Book Club
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
History
American History
Book Club
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
History
Psychology
Politics
Science of Coercion
Communication Research and Psychological Warfare, 1945-1960
History
Psychology
Politics
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
History
Biography
Historical
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
History
Biography
Historical
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Last Stand
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
History
American History
Biography
The Last Stand
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
History
American History
Biography
American Holocaust
The Conquest of the New World
History
Native American
Politics
American Holocaust
The Conquest of the New World
History
Native American
Politics
The Devil's Chessboard
Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
History
Politics
Biography
The Devil's Chessboard
Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
History
Politics
Biography
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Politics
Religion
History
Franchise
The Golden Arches in Black America
History
Business
Race
Franchise
The Golden Arches in Black America
History
Business
Race
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
History
Race
Biography
The Original Black Elite
Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
History
Race
Biography
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
History
Biography
American History
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
History
Biography
American History
