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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
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An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more)

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Stephen Ambrose
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At the heart of the immense and growing interest in Lewis and Clark in recent years stands this book. WWII historian Stephen Ambrose had long harbored a private obsession for the Expedition of the Corps of Discovery, and in Undaunted Courage he was able... (read more)

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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics)
by Howard Zinn
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Truman
by David Mccullough
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
by Jane Mayer
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment
by Anthony Lewis
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Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W Loewen
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
by Robert A. Caro
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The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
by Daniel Stashower
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Colonel Roosevelt
by Edmund Morris
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