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
Never Caught
The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
History
Biography
American History
Medicine River
A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
History
Indigenous
Memoir
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
How the South Won the Civil War
Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
History
Politics
American History
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Politics
History
Economics
The Great Contradiction
The Tragic Side of the American Founding
History
American History
Politics
Spectacle
The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
History
Biography
Race
Southern Horrors and Other Writings
The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900
History
Race
Essays
The Deadline
Essays
History
Politics
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
History
Adventure
Survival
Sex in the Heartland
History
Sexuality
American History
Arsenals of Folly
The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
History
Science
Politics
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
Politics
History
American History
Dark Tide
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
History
Book Club
American History
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
A True Crime Thriller
Biography
True Crime
History
Day Of Deceit
The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor
History
World War II
War
Rebellion
How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart – Again
Politics
History
American History
The Management of Savagery
How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump
Politics
History
War
The Fight in the Fields
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
History
Politics
Labor
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
The Lynching of Black America
History
Race
American History
The Invisible Coup
How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
Politics
History
Government
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Politics
History
Biography
The Price of Greatness
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy
History
Politics
American History
The Plot to Seize the White House
The Shocking TRUE Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow F.D.R.
History
Politics
American History
The Second
Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
History
Politics
Race
A Protest History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
The Last Stand
Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
History
American History
Biography
The Threshold of Dissent
A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism
Politics
History
Jewish
His Very Best
Jimmy Carter, a Life
Biography
History
Politics
American Holocaust
The Conquest of the New World
History
Native American
Politics
The Jungle Grows Back
America and Our Imperiled World
Politics
History
International Relations
The Indispensable Right
Free Speech in an Age of Rage
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
America and the World in the Free Market Era
Politics
History
Economics
Trail of Tears
A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations
History
American History
Amazon
The Go-Go Years
The Drama and Crashing Finale of Wall Street's Bullish 60's
Finance
History
Business
On Power
Politics
History
Biography
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
History
Biography
Presidents
The Other Trail of Tears
The Removal of the Ohio Indians
History
Native American
Native Americans
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
Economics
History
Politics
The Crusader
Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism
History
Biography
Politics
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
History
Politics
Sociology
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
History
Biography
Historical
Money, Lies, and God
Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Politics
History
Religion
Nature's Metropolis
Chicago and the Great West
History
American History
Cities
Reconstruction
America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877
History
American History
Civil War
The Wrath to Come
Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
History
Politics
American History
America, América
A New History of the New World
History
Politics
American History
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
Truman
Biography
History
Presidents
Dying of Whiteness
How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
Politics
Race
Social Justice
