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The South Was Right!
by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
3.93
482
The South Was Right! Summary
The South Was Right! 91%
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
by James Ronald Kennedy 1991
3.93
482 ratings
Longstreet
by Elizabeth R. Varon • 2023
Lee's closest general backed Reconstruction and Black voting rights. The South never forgave him.
4.06
1k+
Longstreet Summary
Longstreet 89%
Lee's closest general backed Reconstruction and Black voting rights. The South never forgave him.
by Elizabeth R. Varon 2023
4.06
1k+ ratings
The Wrath to Come
by Sarah Churchwell • 2022
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
4.22
528
The Wrath to Come Summary
The Wrath to Come 88%
Thirty million copies of a single novel taught America to love a lie. The lost cause won.
by Sarah Churchwell 2022
4.22
528 ratings
West of Slavery
by Kevin Waite • 2021
The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.
4.54
52
West of Slavery Summary
West of Slavery 88%
The slave South wanted a Pacific empire and nearly built one before the Civil War.
by Kevin Waite 2021
4.54
52 ratings
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell • 1936
War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.
4.31
1.3M+
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind 88%
War burns down her world. Starvation sharpens her. The men she marries are just survival.
by Margaret Mitchell 1936
4.31
1.3M+ ratings
The Widow of the South
by Robert Hicks • 2005
A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.
3.78
19k+
The Widow of the South Summary
The Widow of the South 88%
A grieving widow buries 1,500 fallen soldiers in her garden, seeking purpose among the dead.
by Robert Hicks 2005
3.78
19k+ ratings
White Too Long
by Robert P. Jones • 2020
White churches didn't just tolerate racism. Survey data reveals they constructed and sustained it.
4.42
3k+
White Too Long Summary
White Too Long 88%
White churches didn't just tolerate racism. Survey data reveals they constructed and sustained it.
by Robert P. Jones 2020
4.42
3k+ ratings
Gods and Generals
by Jeff Shaara • 1996
Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.
4.09
38k+
Gods and Generals Summary
Gods and Generals 87%
Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.
by Jeff Shaara 1996
4.09
38k+ ratings
Spying on the South
by Tony Horwitz • 2019
America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.
4.00
5k+
Spying on the South Summary
Spying on the South 87%
America's red-blue fault line was forged in the 1850s South. Retracing Olmsted's journey proves it.
by Tony Horwitz 2019
4.00
5k+ ratings
Dances with Wolves
by Michael Blake • 1988
Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.
4.24
29k+
Dances with Wolves Summary
Dances with Wolves 87%
Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.
by Michael Blake 1988
4.24
29k+ ratings
Attack and Die
by Grady McWhiney • 1982
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
3.56
157
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die 87%
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
by Grady McWhiney 1982
3.56
157 ratings
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier • 1997
A wounded deserter walks home through a shattered land, while the woman he loves learns to survive.
3.89
251k+
Cold Mountain Summary
Cold Mountain 87%
A wounded deserter walks home through a shattered land, while the woman he loves learns to survive.
by Charles Frazier 1997
3.89
251k+ ratings
How the Word Is Passed
by Clint Smith • 2021
From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.
4.70
41k+
How the Word Is Passed Summary
How the Word Is Passed 87%
From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.
by Clint Smith 2021
4.70
41k+ ratings
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
4.31
5k+
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 87%
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2020
4.31
5k+ ratings
The Death of Reconstruction
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2001
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
3.86
107
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction 87%
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001
3.86
107 ratings
Yankee Leviathan
by Richard Franklin Bensel • 1991
The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.
3.69
49
Yankee Leviathan Summary
Yankee Leviathan 87%
The Confederacy's statist war machine, not the Constitution, built the modern American state.
by Richard Franklin Bensel 1991
3.69
49 ratings
Reconstruction
by Eric Foner • 1988
A brief, revolutionary experiment in interracial democracy. Why the country abandoned it.
4.22
6k+
Reconstruction Summary
Reconstruction 87%
A brief, revolutionary experiment in interracial democracy. Why the country abandoned it.
by Eric Foner 1988
4.22
6k+ ratings
The Wars of Reconstruction
by Douglas R. Egerton • 2013
Black voters were the majority in several southern states. Then the targeted assassinations began.
4.07
338
The Wars of Reconstruction Summary
The Wars of Reconstruction 87%
Black voters were the majority in several southern states. Then the targeted assassinations began.
by Douglas R. Egerton 2013
4.07
338 ratings
The March
by E.L. Doctorow • 2005
Civil War flames consume Georgia as a passing girl, a surgeon, and two deserters chase survival.
3.78
14k+
The March Summary
The March 87%
Civil War flames consume Georgia as a passing girl, a surgeon, and two deserters chase survival.
by E.L. Doctorow 2005
3.78
14k+ ratings
A Nation Under Our Feet
by Steven Hahn • 2003
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
4.11
958
A Nation Under Our Feet Summary
A Nation Under Our Feet 87%
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
by Steven Hahn 2003
4.11
958 ratings
Wilmington's Lie
by David Zucchino • 2020
Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.
4.43
4k+
Wilmington's Lie Summary
Wilmington's Lie 87%
Before Jim Crow there was an 1898 coup that erased a Southern city's black leadership.
by David Zucchino 2020
4.43
4k+ ratings
The Bloody Shirt
by Stephen Budiansky • 2008
Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.
3.85
354
The Bloody Shirt Summary
The Bloody Shirt 87%
Emancipation was overthrown by a targeted campaign of terror. The nation was too tired to stop it.
by Stephen Budiansky 2008
3.85
354 ratings
Grant
by Ron Chernow • 2017
Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.
4.50
45k+
Grant Summary
Grant 86%
Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.
by Ron Chernow 2017
4.50
45k+ ratings
Suicide of a Superpower
by Patrick J. Buchanan • 2011
America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.
4.05
844
Suicide of a Superpower Summary
Suicide of a Superpower 86%
America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011
4.05
844 ratings
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez • 2016
1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.
4.14
9k+
Out of Darkness Summary
Out of Darkness 86%
1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.
by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016
4.14
9k+ ratings
The Indicted South
by Angie Maxwell • 2014
How media scorn forged the white South's defiant identity across faith, art, and law.
4.24
17
The Indicted South Summary
The Indicted South 86%
How media scorn forged the white South's defiant identity across faith, art, and law.
by Angie Maxwell 2014
4.24
17 ratings
Booth
by Karen Joy Fowler • 2022
Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.
3.82
15k+
Booth Summary
Booth 86%
Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.
by Karen Joy Fowler 2022
3.82
15k+ ratings
Freedom’s Dominion
by Jefferson R. Cowie • 2022
One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.
4.50
881
Freedom’s Dominion Summary
Freedom’s Dominion 86%
One Alabama county's 'freedom' meant the right to dominate. The history and the national fallout.
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2022
4.50
881 ratings
A Necessary Evil
by Garry Wills • 1999
The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.
3.78
196
A Necessary Evil Summary
A Necessary Evil 86%
The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.
by Garry Wills 1999
3.78
196 ratings
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
by Eric Foner • 1971
The ideology that built the Republican Party made its clash with the slave South inevitable.
4.12
1k+
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men Summary
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men 86%
The ideology that built the Republican Party made its clash with the slave South inevitable.
by Eric Foner 1971
4.12
1k+ ratings
The Passenger
by Cormac McCarthy • 2022
Grieving his genius sister, a salvage diver finds a vanished passenger and his own life erased.
3.57
39k+
The Passenger Summary
The Passenger 86%
Grieving his genius sister, a salvage diver finds a vanished passenger and his own life erased.
by Cormac McCarthy 2022
3.57
39k+ ratings
Stony the Road
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. • 2019
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
4.16
4k+
Stony the Road Summary
Stony the Road 86%
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 2019
4.16
4k+ ratings
Cape Cod and the Civil War
by Stauffer Miller • 2010
A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.
4.14
7
Cape Cod and the Civil War Summary
Cape Cod and the Civil War 86%
A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.
by Stauffer Miller 2010
4.14
7 ratings
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
by C. Vann Woodward • 1951
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
4.11
240
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Summary
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 86%
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
by C. Vann Woodward 1951
4.11
240 ratings
The Day Freedom Died
by Charles Lane • 2008
The Easter Sunday slaughter that gave white supremacy a legal shield for a century.
4.08
447
The Day Freedom Died Summary
The Day Freedom Died 86%
The Easter Sunday slaughter that gave white supremacy a legal shield for a century.
by Charles Lane 2008
4.08
447 ratings
The Interbellum Constitution
by Alison L. LaCroix • 2024
Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.
4.47
17
The Interbellum Constitution Summary
The Interbellum Constitution 86%
Antebellum America's constitutional crisis: federal power and states' rights kept swapping sides.
by Alison L. LaCroix 2024
4.47
17 ratings
The Apache Wars
by Paul Andrew Hutton • 2016
A boy's kidnapping, a chief's brutal murder, and a shaman's vengeance ignited America's longest war.
4.12
2k+
The Apache Wars Summary
The Apache Wars 86%
A boy's kidnapping, a chief's brutal murder, and a shaman's vengeance ignited America's longest war.
by Paul Andrew Hutton 2016
4.12
2k+ ratings
In Memoriam
by Alice Winn • 2023
In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.
4.50
80k+
In Memoriam Summary
In Memoriam 86%
In 1914, two schoolboys cannot speak their love, so they go to war instead.
by Alice Winn 2023
4.50
80k+ ratings
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan • 2008
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
4.06
71k+
Mudbound Summary
Mudbound 86%
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
by Hillary Jordan 2008
4.06
71k+ ratings
March
by Geraldine Brooks • 2005
The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.
3.82
79k+
March Summary
March 86%
The father of Little Women writes home from war, hiding the brutality eroding his faith.
by Geraldine Brooks 2005
3.82
79k+ ratings
The Second Founding
by Eric Foner • 2019
Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.
4.23
3k+
The Second Founding Summary
The Second Founding 86%
Reconstruction gave birth to a new Constitution. The Supreme Court spent a century erasing it.
by Eric Foner 2019
4.23
3k+ ratings
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877
by Eric Foner • 1990
After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.
4.04
2k+
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 Summary
A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 86%
After the Civil War, America built an interracial democracy, then destroyed it.
by Eric Foner 1990
4.04
2k+ ratings
The Politics of Rage
by Dan T. Carter • 1995
A segregationist governor who never reached the White House gave the GOP its winning playbook.
4.23
363
The Politics of Rage Summary
The Politics of Rage 86%
A segregationist governor who never reached the White House gave the GOP its winning playbook.
by Dan T. Carter 1995
4.23
363 ratings
Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876
by Nicholas Guyatt • 2007
God's plan for America was a British idea that justified slavery and empire.
3.93
14
Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 Summary
Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 86%
God's plan for America was a British idea that justified slavery and empire.
by Nicholas Guyatt 2007
3.93
14 ratings
The Book of Lost Friends
by Lisa Wingate • 2020
1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.
4.15
124k+
The Book of Lost Friends Summary
The Book of Lost Friends 86%
1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.
by Lisa Wingate 2020
4.15
124k+ ratings
Amity
by Nathan Harris • 2025
To find his stolen sister, a freedman follows her trail into a Mexico that devours refugees.
3.76
5k+
Amity Summary
Amity 86%
To find his stolen sister, a freedman follows her trail into a Mexico that devours refugees.
by Nathan Harris 2025
3.76
5k+ ratings
The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2010
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
4.05
12k+
The Last Stand Summary
The Last Stand 86%
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010
4.05
12k+ ratings
These Truths
by Jill Lepore • 2018
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
4.40
14k+
These Truths Summary
These Truths 86%
American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.
by Jill Lepore 2018
4.40
14k+ ratings
Shot All to Hell
by Mark Lee Gardner • 2013
One cashier's refusal turned the James-Younger gang's last heist into a bloody rout.
4.03
1k+
Shot All to Hell Summary
Shot All to Hell 86%
One cashier's refusal turned the James-Younger gang's last heist into a bloody rout.
by Mark Lee Gardner 2013
4.03
1k+ ratings
It Was All a Lie
by Stuart Stevens • 2020
Trump didn't hijack the GOP. A veteran strategist admits the party was always heading here.
4.12
4k+
It Was All a Lie Summary
It Was All a Lie 86%
Trump didn't hijack the GOP. A veteran strategist admits the party was always heading here.
by Stuart Stevens 2020
4.12
4k+ ratings
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