American History

A study of the history of America.

The date of the start of the history of the United States is a subject of debate among historians. Older textbooks start with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and emphasize the European background, or they start around 1600 and emphasize the American frontier. In recent decades American schools and universities typically have shifted back in time to include more on the colonial period and much more on the prehistory of the Native peoples.

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Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story
The American Revolution: An Intimate History
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
The Look
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History--and How It Shattered a Nation
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding
Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History--and How It Shattered a Nation
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
Wayward Girls
The Look
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
The First Ladies
The Jackal's Mistress
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Code Name: Pale Horse—How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
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To Rescue the American Spirit: The New York Times Bestselling Biography of the Former President from the Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor (The Presidential Series)
Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
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1,430 books — 1,338 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,507 books — 1,216 voters

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Memoirs by Women
2,985 books — 3,014 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters

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John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Washington: A Life
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

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