America 250

Books celebrating the tapestry of American experiences for the Semiquincentennial

Updated May 28, 2026
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Changes in the land : Indians, colonists, and the ecology of New England
Cronon, William.
Paper Book
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize Changes in the Land offers an original and persuasive interpretation of the changing circumstances in New England's plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance. With the tools of both...
An indigenous peoples' history of the United States
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck Recipient of the American Book Award The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples ...
Letters home to Sarah the Civil War letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
Taylor, Guy C.
Ebook
Forgotten for more than a century in an old cardboard box, these are the letters of Guy Carlton Taylor, a farmer who served in the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. From March 23, 1864, to July 14, 1865, Taylor wrote 165 letters home to his wife Sarah...
Self-Made : The Stories That Forged an American Myth
Laird, Pamela Walker.
Ebook
'Self-Made' success is now an American badge of honor that rewards individualist ambitions while it hammers against community obligations. Yet, four centuries ago, our foundational stories actually disparaged ambitious upstarts as dangerous and selfish threats to a healthy society. In Pamela Walker...

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