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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
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In this remarkable tale of the nation's largest forest fire ... (read more)

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    Grandmere: A Personal History of Eleanor Roosevelt

    David B. Roosevelt and Manuela Dunn-Mascetti
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    The Jamestown Project

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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)
by George R Stewart
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George R. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its... (read more)

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True Compass: A Memoir
True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy
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Too long a late-night-comedy punch line, the late Senator Kennedy led an undeniably fascinating life. Filled with riveting stories and enlivened by Kennedy's refreshing candor, True Compass is a fitting tribute to a life that was almost too big for one... (read more)

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann
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Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat ... (read more)

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
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“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged... (read more)

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a... (read more)

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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
by Wallace Earle Stegner
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In this book Wallace Stegner recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A... (read more)

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Civil War a Narrative Fredericksbur Volume 2
Civil War a Narrative Fredericksbur Volume 2
by Shelby Foote
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This, then, is narrative history--a kind of history that goes back to an older literary tradition.... The writing is superb...one of the historical and literary achievements of our time. --The Washington Post Book World Gettysburg...is described with... (read more)

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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
by Nancy Isenberg
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A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough With Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyoneas favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenbergas eye... (read more)

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How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes
by Mark Stein
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Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. His films include Housesitter, with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has taught at American University and Catholic University.... (read more)

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Mike Cox: IMG The Texas Rangers Versus the Texas Rangers



My two-volume history,The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 and Time of the Rangers: Texas Rangers: From 1900 to the Present, is... Continue »
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