Some of my favorite books & authors...

All books by H.W. Brands, Eric Foner, Nathaniel Philbrick, John Ferling and  Jon Meacham

Jacksonland:  President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross and a Great American Land Grab by Steve Inskeep

Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner

Great Crossings:  Indians, Settlers and Slaves in the Age of Jackson by Christine Snyder

In the Hurricane's Eye:  The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by Nathaniel Philbrick (published Fall 2018)

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

Apostles of the Revolution by John Ferling

Changes in the Land:  Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon

Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick

The Ascent of George Washington by John Ferling

The Witches by Stacy Schiff

Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne

American Lion by Jon Meacham

Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

The Wanderer by Erik Calonius

Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose

White Trash.  The 400-Year Untold Story of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

Sherman's March by Burke Davis

Never Caught (Oney Judge) by Erica Armstrong

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham

Grant by Ron Chernow

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon Reed

Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne

Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. Wood

Astoria by Peter Stark

The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto

They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima

The Gilded Age by Milton Rugoff

The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Making of Africatown by Natalie Robertson

Barracoon: The Story of the "Last Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Dreams of Africa in Alabama by Sylviane A Diouf



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