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Combee by Edda L. Fields-Black Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
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Black, Edda L. Fields
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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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Massie, Robert K.
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Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
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Rivera Garza, Cristina
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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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Gage, Beverly
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Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
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Elliott, Andrea
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Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
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Rembert, Winfred
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Cuba by Ada Ferrer Cuba: An American History
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Ferrer, Ada
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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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Eustace, Nicole
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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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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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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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Zucchino, David
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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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The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
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The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
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Atkinson, Rick
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The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
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Atkinson, Rick
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin Chesnut Mary Chesnut's Civil War
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin
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Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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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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Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
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Griswold, Eliza
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Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
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Blight, David W.
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The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
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Stewart, Jeffrey C.
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The Soul of America by Jon Meacham The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
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Meacham, Jon
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Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership: In Turbulent Times
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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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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Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
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