Books to understand post civil war US West

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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune 3.80 avg rating — 39,199 ratings
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. 4.16 avg rating — 35,589 ratings
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The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 4.17 avg rating — 1,574 ratings
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Buffalo Soldier.
Buffalo Soldier. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife 3.28 avg rating — 80,018 ratings
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The History of the Standard Oil Company
The History of the Standard Oil Company 3.91 avg rating — 246 ratings
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The Ordeal of the Reunion: A New History of Reconstruction
The Ordeal of the Reunion: A New History of Reconstruction 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Buffalo Soldier
The Buffalo Soldier 3.74 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,307 ratings
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The Central Pacific & The Southern Pacific Railroads
The Central Pacific & The Southern Pacific Railroads 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow 4.16 avg rating — 4,105 ratings
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The American West
The American West
by: Dee Brown
3.91 avg rating — 874 ratings
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The History Of The Comstock Lode (Special Publication (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology), 24.)
The History Of The Comstock Lode (Special Publication (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology), 24.) 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Daughter's Walk
The Daughter's Walk 3.81 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
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Leland Stanford: The Double Life of a Railroad Tycoon (BiographyIn60)
Leland Stanford: The Double Life of a Railroad Tycoon (BiographyIn60) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 3.99 avg rating — 13,754 ratings
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American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford 3.74 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader 4.54 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst
Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst 3.94 avg rating — 225 ratings
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The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst 4.01 avg rating — 1,183 ratings