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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
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4.40 avg rating — 34,527 ratings
"Essential summary of the Civil War, the pivotal event in American history."
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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4.28 avg rating — 202,563 ratings
"Before I read this book, I could not understand why Stanton was in Lincoln's cabinet. This book left me in awe of Lincoln's political sagacity and his ability to subordinate his personal feelings to meeting his responsibilities."
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
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4.23 avg rating — 68,809 ratings
"Excellent detail on the Lewis and Clark expedition"
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rated it 4 stars
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
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4.26 avg rating — 18,942 ratings
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The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830
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4.16 avg rating — 794 ratings
"Made me realize how close we are mentally to the 1820s-1830s"
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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4.22 avg rating — 23,539 ratings
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 61,906 ratings
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Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words
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4.16 avg rating — 694 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 — 14,196 ratings
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A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
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3.99 avg rating — 2,295 ratings
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
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4.05 avg rating — 1,720 ratings
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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
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3.98 avg rating — 2,735 ratings
"Darwin and the development and publication of the theory of evolution is central to the 19th century"
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Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert
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4.07 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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4.15 avg rating — 38,857 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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The Coming Fury
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4.34 avg rating — 2,870 ratings
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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4.13 avg rating — 9,841 ratings
"great survey of late 19th century Europe"
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