A Book about American History

A selection of books that meet the criteria for the UBN 2025 category of a book about American History.

Updated January 4, 2025
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A people's history of the United States
Zinn, Howard
Paper Book
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- its citizens. Looking at history "from the bottom up," historian Howard Zinn shows that many of our country's...
Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history
Gwynne, S. C.
Paper Book
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning...
Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller -- Basis for the movie Lincoln On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited for the results from the Republican National Convention. Lincoln won, Goodwin demonstrates, because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in...
No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Paper Book
In a portrayal of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the war years, this work illuminates the partnership that raised America from the Depression, forged military victory, and transformed the nation into a superpower.
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee ; an Indian history of the American West
Brown, Dee
Paper Book
Doumented account of the decimation of Native Americans in the last half of the 19th century, told from the Indian viewpoint.

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