American History

Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy Connor Towne O'Neill

DOWN ALONG WITH THAT DEVIL'S BONES is a deep examination of the current conflict over Confederate memorials and how they came to exist across the country. After a chance encounter with a group protecting a statue of General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, who founded the Ku Klux Klan after the American Civil War. O'Neill...

The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made Patricia O'Toole

THE MORALIST: WOODROW WILSON AND THE WORLD HE MADE is a fascinating examination of Woodrow Wilson's triumphs and failures as a progressive during his time as president, including his eventual guiding of the country through WWI, his push for the founding of the League of Nations, as well as his indifference to the issue of civil...

The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower Michel Paradis

THE LIGHT OF BATTLE: EISENHOWER, D-DAY AND THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN SUPERPOWER is the most deeply researched, intimate portrait of the Supreme Allied Commander and 34th President ever written. There is something new on almost every page that will cause the reader to think, "I didn't know that".

 

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The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning Ben Raines

THE LAST SLAVE SHIP: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW CLOTILDA WAS FOUND, HER DESCENDANTS, AND AN EXTRAORDINARY RECKONING is told by the man who discovered the remains of the ship and travelled around the world to bring truth to readers from the mouths of descendants on all sides of the buying and selling of human beings. This is...

Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta--And Then Got Written Out of History Howell Raines

SILENT CAVALRY: HOW UNION SOLDIERS FROM ALABAMA HELPED SHERMAN BURN ATLANTA AND THEN GOT WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY finally sets the record straight after Lost Cause historians distorted what really happened. This veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times has...

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Dan Rather

WHAT UNITES US is an inspiring, thought-provoking reflection on what it means to be an American in these tough times - written by one of the nation's most astute witnesses to our historical change. If there ever was a "MUST READ", this is it.
 

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All of Us Fought the War: The University of Alabama and Its Men and Women in World War II Delbert Reed

ALL OF US FOUGHT THE WAR relates the stories and sacrifices of some of the nearly 10,000 men and women with ties to the University of Alabama who served in the United States military during World War II. Some 350 of them died during the war, and many more were wounded or were detained in prisoner of war camps as well...

Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848 - 1868 Cokie Roberts

CAPITAL DAMES: THE CIVIL WAR AND THE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON 1848 - 1868 includes never-before-published stories that show the women of Washington, DC and their Southern sisters forever changed the role of women in America.

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Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Cokie Roberts

LADIES OF LIBERTY: THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED OUR NATION uses humor, insight and personal diaries to honor the heroic women who helped create this nation.

 

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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster - The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 Al Roker

THE STORM OF THE CENTURY: TRAGEDY, HEROISM, SURVIVAL AND THE EPIC TRUE STORY OF AMERICA'S DEADLIEST NATURAL DISASTER - THE GREAT GULF HURRICANE OF 1900 explores minute details of the structures as well as characters who were struck by nature's most powerful storm to ever hit our country. Only a weather expert and...