American History

The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.

American History Book Summaries

Team of Rivals Summary

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages

The Warmth of Other Suns Summary

The Warmth of Other Suns

The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

by Isabel Wilkerson 2010 622 pages

American History

Tried by War Summary

Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

by James M. McPherson 2008 329 pages

The Greater Journey Summary

The Greater Journey

Americans in Paris

by David McCullough 2011 558 pages

American History

Blind Ambition Summary

The White House Years

by John W. Dean 1976 416 pages

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages

American History

The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages

Military Fiction

Who Stole the American Dream? Summary

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages

Smuggler Nation Summary

Smuggler Nation

How Illicit Trade Made America

by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages

American History

George Washington's Secret Six Summary

George Washington's Secret Six

The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

by Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 pages

American History

American Revolution

The River of Doubt Summary

The River of Doubt

Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard 2005 416 pages

The Great Debate Summary

The Great Debate

Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left

by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages

The Obamas Summary

by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages

Crisis and Command Summary

Crisis and Command

A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush

by John Yoo

COUNSELOR Summary

A Life at the Edge of History

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pages

The Lost Art of Dress Summary

The Lost Art of Dress

The Women Who Once Made America Stylish

by Linda Przybyszewski 2014 347 pages

Thomas Jefferson Summary

Thomas Jefferson

The Art of Power

by Jon Meacham 2012 759 pages

America's Bank Summary

The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

by Roger Lowenstein 2015 368 pages

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Tales from the Pentagon

by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages

Military Fiction

The American Presidency Summary

The American Presidency

A Very Short Introduction

by Charles O. Jones 2007 192 pages

American History

A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary

A More Beautiful and Terrible History

The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages

Fire and Fury Summary

Inside the Trump White House

by Michael Wolff 2018 322 pages

Freak Kingdom Summary

Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages

National Security Cinema Summary

National Security Cinema

The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood

by Matthew Alford 2017 265 pages

The Second Founding Summary

The Second Founding

How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages

American History

Goliath Summary

The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller 2019 608 pages

Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary

Did America Have a Christian Founding?

Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth

by Mark David Hall 2019 240 pages

American History

The Power Worshippers Summary

The Power Worshippers

Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

by Katherine Stewart 2020 352 pages

Un-Trumping America Summary

Un-Trumping America

A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

Appetite for America Summary

Appetite for America

How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages

American History

Personal Memoirs Summary

Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885 702 pages

Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann 2011 557 pages

American History

Leadership Summary

In Turbulent Times

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages

Buckley Summary

William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism

by Carl T. Bogus 2011 416 pages

Black Mass Summary

by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages

Leadership Summary

In Turbulent Times

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages

Revolutionary Characters Summary

Revolutionary Characters

What Made the Founders Different

by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages

American History

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story

How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight

by William Hazelgrove 2018 332 pages

Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages

The Wise Men Summary

Six Friends and the World They Made

by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages

Walt Whitman Summary

by Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pages

The Bridge Summary

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

by David Remnick 2010 656 pages

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages

American History

The 5000 Year Leap Summary

The 5000 Year Leap

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981 337 pages

The Founding Fathers on Leadership Summary

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

Classic Teamwork in Changing Times

by Donald T. Phillips 1997 272 pages

First Principles Summary

First Principles

What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages

Zero Fail Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

by Carol Leonnig 2021 560 pages

American History

How the Word Is Passed Summary

How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith 2021 336 pages

Capitalism in America Summary

Capitalism in America

An Economic History of the United States

by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages

Benjamin Franklin Summary

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages

American History

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