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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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4.26 avg rating — 107,108 ratings
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American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
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3.81 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Changes in the land: Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England
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4.10 avg rating — 4,163 ratings
"This book helped create the field of environmental history, and offers a very unique spin on the founding of New England."
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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
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3.86 avg rating — 3,376 ratings
"Meacham does a nice job of surveying the place of religion in the founding of the United States without taking sides in the 'Christian Nation' debate. Very objective and reasonable."
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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
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4.11 avg rating — 23,164 ratings
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Alexander Hamilton
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4.22 avg rating — 209,396 ratings
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To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
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3.90 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
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3.99 avg rating — 14,457 ratings
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
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4.23 avg rating — 70,399 ratings
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Brave Companions: Portraits in History
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4.06 avg rating — 8,419 ratings
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The Ugly American
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4.06 avg rating — 5,313 ratings
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The Jungle
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3.79 avg rating — 158,791 ratings
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
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4.14 avg rating — 19,140 ratings
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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3.92 avg rating — 248,135 ratings
"Because it's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'"
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
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3.86 avg rating — 58,427 ratings
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Democracy in America
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4.06 avg rating — 27,753 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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4.05 avg rating — 99,446 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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4.09 avg rating — 275,929 ratings
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1776
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4.11 avg rating — 259,019 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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4.39 avg rating — 1,022,644 ratings
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