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Listopia > Rick's votes on the list The American Nations (14 Books)
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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
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"The blueprint. Excellent easy read with an intriguing thesis."
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
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"Covers Massachusetts (Yankeedom), Virginia (Tidewater), Delaware Valley (Midlands), and Backcountry (Appalachia). The masterpiece of this list. I hope DHF lives to 110 and writes at least five more books on similar themes.
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
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"New Netherlands."
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Champlain's Dream
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"New France."
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rated it 5 stars
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Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
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"Greater Appalachia. Many consider Jackson the consummate Backcountry man."
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rated it 4 stars
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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"Appalachia. A memoir of a descendent."
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rated it 4 stars
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Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement
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"Tidewater and Appalachia."
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rated it 5 stars
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Paul Revere's Ride
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"Yankeedom. An example of why the Revolution started in New England."
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rated it 5 stars
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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"Yankeedom. Read this and Champlain's Dream and consider how things might have turned out differently if Champlain ran the Massachusetts Colony."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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"Deep South. Descendents of slaves move to New York, Chicago, and LA and bring their cultures with them."
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rated it 5 stars
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Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
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The Frontiersmen
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"Watch colonial Tidewater, Appalachia, Midlands, and Yankees,contend with Loyalists and First Nations."
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rated it 3 stars
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The River Why
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"Fictional account of a Left Coast family."
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rated it 5 stars
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
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"Greater Appalachia. "
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rated it 4 stars
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