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Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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King by Jonathan Eig King: A Life
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Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
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The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras The Man Who Could Move Clouds
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G-Man by Beverly Gage G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
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Cuba by Ada Ferrer Cuba: An American History
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Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
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The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman The Guns of August
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Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
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Murdoch, Sierra Crane
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Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
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Sweet Taste of Liberty by W. Caleb McDaniel Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
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American Eden by Victoria Johnson American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
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Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
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The Gulf by Jack Emerson Davis The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
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Davis, Jack Emerson
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Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Evicted by Matthew Desmond Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
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The Peabody Sisters by Megan Marshall The Peabody Sisters
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The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea The Devil's Highway: A True Story
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Black Flags by Joby Warrick Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
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Warrick, Joby
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Custer's Trials by T.J. Stiles Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
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Stiles, T.J.
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The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White The Making of the President 1960
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White, Theodore H.
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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Hofstadter, Richard
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The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
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A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
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Thatcher Ulrich, Laurel
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No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
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