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 Republic for Which It Stands Summary

The Republic for Which It Stands

The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

by Richard White 2017 928 pages

American History

The Lies of the Land Summary

The Lies of the Land

Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t

by Steven Conn 2023 320 pages

The Upswing Summary

How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages

The Great Bridge Summary

The Great Bridge

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David McCullough 1972 608 pages

American History

An American Life

by Robert Wilson 2019

Biography Memoir

My Fellow Soldiers Summary

My Fellow Soldiers

General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War

by Andrew Carroll 2017 400 pages

House of Bush, House of Saud Summary

House of Bush, House of Saud

The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages

The Fall of the House of Bush Summary

The Fall of the House of Bush

The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future

by Craig Unger 2007 448 pages

American History

Den of Spies Summary

Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s

by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages

American History

Killing the Dream Summary

Killing the Dream

James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages

American History

Bobby Kennedy Summary

The Making of a Liberal Icon

by Larry Tye 2016 608 pages

How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency

by Jonathan Allen 2021 17 pages

American History

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Summary

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies

by David Fisher 2015 304 pages

The Case That Never Dies Summary

The Case That Never Dies

The Lindbergh Kidnapping

by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages

The Earth Is Weeping Summary

The Earth Is Weeping

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages

American History

Native American

Empire of the Summer Moon Summary

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages

American History

Blood and Thunder Summary

Blood and Thunder

An Epic of the American West

by Hampton Sides 2006 460 pages

American History

The Wrath of Cochise Summary

The Wrath of Cochise

The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars

by Terry Mort 2013 400 pages

American History

Give Your Heart to the Hawks Summary

Give Your Heart to the Hawks

by Win Blevins 1973 336 pages

American History

Wyatt Earp Summary

The Life Behind the Legend

by Casey Tefertiller 1997 416 pages

To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary

To Hell on a Fast Horse

Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West

by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages

Public Enemies Summary

America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

Five Families Summary

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

by Selwyn Raab 2005 784 pages

Blackbeard Summary

The Birth of America

by Samuel Marquis 2018 382 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

Blood on the Moon Summary

Blood on the Moon

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages

American History

The Mammoth Book of the West Summary

The Mammoth Book of the West

The Making of the American West

by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages

American History

Cobra II Summary

The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

by Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pages

Military Fiction

Military History

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