U.S. History Reading List

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Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler 4.31 avg rating — 405 ratings
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,720 ratings
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Tecumseh and Brock: The War of 1812
Tecumseh and Brock: The War of 1812 3.91 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership 4.26 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II 4.38 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
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"They Say": Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race
"They Say": Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race 3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,186 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,456 ratings
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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells 4.32 avg rating — 826 ratings
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Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North 4.09 avg rating — 277 ratings
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The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution
The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution 4.39 avg rating — 330 ratings
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West 3.82 avg rating — 26,721 ratings
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
The Anti-Federalist Papers 4.14 avg rating — 583 ratings
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Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 3.49 avg rating — 711 ratings
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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press 3.41 avg rating — 111 ratings
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This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving 4.23 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
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A Black Women's History of the United States
A Black Women's History of the United States 4.29 avg rating — 3,589 ratings
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Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
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Taking Back Trump's America: Why We Lost the White House and How We'll Win It Back
Taking Back Trump's America: Why We Lost the White House and How We'll Win It Back 4.51 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man 4.11 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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The Triangle Fire
The Triangle Fire 4.16 avg rating — 366 ratings
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Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring 3.82 avg rating — 6,006 ratings
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Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South
Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South 3.71 avg rating — 161 ratings
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A Savage Empire: Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America
A Savage Empire: Trappers, Traders, Tribes, and the Wars That Made America 3.44 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back
Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back 3.65 avg rating — 247 ratings
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White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America 3.97 avg rating — 824 ratings
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America 4.25 avg rating — 10,668 ratings
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,885 ratings
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So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848
So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 3.97 avg rating — 453 ratings
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Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote 3.90 avg rating — 934 ratings
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Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 3.81 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
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12 Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives
12 Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives 4.20 avg rating — 3,264 ratings
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,534 ratings
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The Classic Slave Narratives
The Classic Slave Narratives 4.33 avg rating — 3,197 ratings
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The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West
The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West
by: Dee Brown
3.78 avg rating — 664 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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Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America 3.67 avg rating — 606 ratings
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The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,286 ratings
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The Oregon Trail: An American Saga
The Oregon Trail: An American Saga 3.67 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb 3.66 avg rating — 487 ratings
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The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series)
The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series) 3.99 avg rating — 2,346 ratings
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American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants
American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants 3.82 avg rating — 40 ratings
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A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency
A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency 3.66 avg rating — 906 ratings
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Historical and Theological Foundations of Law: Reformation and Colonial
Historical and Theological Foundations of Law: Reformation and Colonial 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Digging Dusky Diamonds
Digging Dusky Diamonds 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Barack Obama: A Detailed Response to Benghazi
Barack Obama: A Detailed Response to Benghazi 3.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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This Republic: Illuminating Republican Government
This Republic: Illuminating Republican Government 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Reagan Casualties: Overseas Atrocities of the Great Communicator
The Reagan Casualties: Overseas Atrocities of the Great Communicator 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Franklin on Faith
Franklin on Faith it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot 4.33 avg rating — 67 ratings
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American Environmental History: Part One
American Environmental History: Part One really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Law Book: From Hammurabi to the International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones in the History of Law
The Law Book: From Hammurabi to the International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones in the History of Law 4.07 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray
The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom 4.18 avg rating — 440 ratings
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The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870–1940
The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870–1940 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States
by: Lin Xun
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Hamilton: An American Biography
Hamilton: An American Biography 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Abdul-Baha in America
Abdul-Baha in America 4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II 4.08 avg rating — 2,433 ratings
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How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions
How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions 4.32 avg rating — 654 ratings
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Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening
Questions Answered: An Introduction to QAnon and the Great Awakening 4.03 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Systematic Land Theft
Systematic Land Theft 4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Woman Suffrage
Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Woman Suffrage 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture
Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Americans, Vol. 3: The Democratic Experience
The Americans, Vol. 3: The Democratic Experience 4.09 avg rating — 777 ratings
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WW II POWs in America and Abroad: Astounding Facts about the Imprisonment of Military and Civilians During the War
WW II POWs in America and Abroad: Astounding Facts about the Imprisonment of Military and Civilians During the War 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,686 ratings
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Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI
Yippie Girl: Exploits in Protest and Defeating the FBI 4.39 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine
The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution
Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed 4.13 avg rating — 4,408 ratings
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The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England
The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England 4.05 avg rating — 73 ratings
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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters 4.35 avg rating — 3,626 ratings
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War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket 4.27 avg rating — 8,129 ratings
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The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic 4.15 avg rating — 1,205 ratings
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Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)
Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies) 4.37 avg rating — 65 ratings
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George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World
George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World 3.71 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Conceal Reveal: The Space between Entrepreneurs and the Defense Industry
Conceal Reveal: The Space between Entrepreneurs and the Defense Industry 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914
How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914 3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The White House: The History Of An American Idea
The White House: The History Of An American Idea 4.47 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Home Life in Colonial Days (Dover Books on Americana)
Home Life in Colonial Days (Dover Books on Americana) 3.78 avg rating — 211 ratings
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Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality
Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality 3.55 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967
Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967 4.51 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,623 ratings
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No Stopping Us Now
No Stopping Us Now 4.27 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 4.17 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
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Kill the Indian, Save the Man
Kill the Indian, Save the Man 4.41 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Accidental Heroes: The Grassroots Movement That Helped Save the Columbus Crew
Accidental Heroes: The Grassroots Movement That Helped Save the Columbus Crew 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment
Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment 3.98 avg rating — 153 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 19,442 ratings
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Home and Child Life in Colonial Days
Home and Child Life in Colonial Days liked it 3.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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A New History of Asian America
A New History of Asian America 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 4.34 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America
The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism 4.30 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
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If You Lived In Colonial Times
If You Lived In Colonial Times 3.91 avg rating — 422 ratings
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