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

The Obamas Summary

by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 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

Bad Mexicans Summary

Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands

by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages

Killing Kennedy Summary

Killing Kennedy

The End of Camelot

by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages

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 1619 Project Summary

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

by Nikole Hannah-Jones 2019 590 pages

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

Original Sins Summary

The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

by Eve L. Ewing 2025 400 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

Andrew Carnegie Summary

Andrew Carnegie

by David Nasaw 2006 896 pages

LatinoLand Summary

A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority

by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages

A Fever in the Heartland Summary

A Fever in the Heartland

The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan 2023 432 pages

Original Sin Summary

President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again

by Jake Tapper 2025 352 pages

Leadership Summary

In Turbulent Times

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 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

Trump in the White House

by Bob Woodward 2018 448 pages

Democracy in America Summary

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages

John Adams Summary

by David McCullough 2001 751 pages

American History

The Path to Power Summary

The Path to Power

by Robert A. Caro 1982 882 pages

Who Is Government? Summary

Who Is Government?

The Untold Story of Public Service

by Michael Lewis 2025 272 pages

Fire and Fury Summary

Inside the Trump White House

by Michael Wolff 2018 322 pages

by David McCullough 2005 386 pages

American History

Confronting the Presidents Summary

Confronting the Presidents

No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

by Bill O'Reilly 2024 417 pages

Nation of Victims Summary

Nation of Victims

Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages

The Founding Fathers on Leadership Summary

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

Classic Teamwork in Changing Times

by Donald T. Phillips 1997 272 pages

Colossus Summary

The Rise and Fall of the American Empire

by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages

American History

The 5000 Year Leap Summary

The 5000 Year Leap

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981 337 pages

Tyranny of the Minority Summary

Tyranny of the Minority

Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages

Political Science

Goliath Summary

The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller 2019 608 pages

The American Spirit Summary

The American Spirit

Who We Are and What We Stand For

by David McCullough 2017 176 pages

American History

by Rachel Maddow 2012 288 pages

Suicide of a Superpower Summary

Suicide of a Superpower

Will America Survive to 2025?

by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages

The Next Civil War Summary

The Next Civil War

Dispatches from the American Future

by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages

American History

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages

Albion's Seed Summary

Four British Folkways in America

by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages

American History

Best Evidence Summary

by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages

Conspiracy Theories

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings

by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages

by Ron Chernow 2017 1074 pages

Five Families Summary

The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

by Selwyn Raab 2005 784 pages

Our Declaration Summary

Our Declaration

A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality

by Danielle S. Allen 2014 320 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

The Dying Citizen Summary

The Dying Citizen

How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pages

Paper Soldiers Summary

How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order

by Saleha Mohsin 2024 304 pages

Revolutionary Characters Summary

Revolutionary Characters

What Made the Founders Different

by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages

American History

The Indifferent Stars Above Summary

The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

by Daniel James Brown 2009 352 pages

Rogue State Summary

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

by William Blum 2000 393 pages

Freedom from Fear Summary

Freedom from Fear

The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages

American History

America's Bank Summary

The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

by Roger Lowenstein 2015 368 pages

Blind Ambition Summary

The White House Years

by John W. Dean 1976 416 pages

Thomas Jefferson Summary

Thomas Jefferson

The Art of Power

by Jon Meacham 2012 759 pages

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