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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home

byRichard Bell

History: African American (History)Social Science: Slavery

George Washington Prize

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Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic

byDavid Head

History: Maritime History & Piracy

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Skepticism and American Faith: From the Revolution to the Civil War

byChristopher Grasso

Religion / History History / United States / Revolutionary Period

SHEAR Book Prize

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2 author interviews2 links confirmed active

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Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803–1805

byFrederick Leiner

History: Africa – North History: Maritime History & Piracy

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

byRinker Buck

Travel: Essays & Travelogues Travel: United States – West – General

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

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Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation

bySteve Luxenberg

History: African-American Law: Constitutional

Cundill History Prize

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11 author interviews1 links confirmed active

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Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class

byBlair LM Kelley

History: African American (History)History: United States – 20th Century

Amazon – Best History Books of the Year

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5 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

byKevin Gutzman

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

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The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation

byMark Lee Gardner

Biography & Autobiography: Cultural. Ethnic. & Regional – Native American & Aboriginal History: United States – State & Local – West (AK CA CO HI ID MT NV UT WY)

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The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis

byJames E. Lewis Jr

Cundill History Prize

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery

bySeth Rockman

History / African American & Black Business & Economics / Economic History

Hagley Prize in Business History

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2 author interviews2 links confirmed active

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John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law

byBeth Lew-Williams

History / Asian American Law / Civil Rights

Cundill History Prize

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Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World

byScott Reynolds Nelson

Business & Economics: Economic History History: World – General

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8 author interviews4 links confirmed active

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The Virgin Vote: How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the Nineteenth Century

byJon Grinspan

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The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

byJoanne Freeman

History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)Political Science: American Government – Legislative Branch

New York Time’s Notable Book

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12 author interviews11 links confirmed active

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The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms

byAlison L. LaCroix

Law / Constitutional Political Science / Federalism

SHEAR Book Prize

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Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States

bySharon Ann Murphy

Business & Economics / Money & Banking History / African American & Black

SHEAR Book Prize

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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

byRachel L. Swarns

Education: Higher History: African American (History)

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

byAmy S. Greenberg

History / Military / United States Political Science / American Government

SHEAR Book Prize

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The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

byDanielle Dreilinger

History: United States – 20th Century History: Women (History)

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery

byCalvin Schermerhorn

History: African American (History)

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

byTroy Senik

Biography & Autobiography: Political (Biography)Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

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The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain’s Most Terrifying Prison

byNicholas Guyatt

History: Europe – Great Britain – Georgian Era – (1714 – 1837)History: Military – War of 1812

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Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction

byKate Masur

History: African American (History)Political Science: Civil Rights

Pulitzer Prize

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5 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Perfecting the Union: National and State Authority in the US Constitution

byMax Edling

Law: Constitutional Law: Legal History

George Washington Prize

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago

byWilliam Hazelgrove

History: United States – State & Local – Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)True Crime: Organized Crime

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American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation

byHolly Jackson

Smithsonian Magazine – 10 Best History Books of the Year

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

byMarcus Rediker

Social Science: Black Studies (Global)Social Science: Slavery

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Cover of The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth

byMatthew Algeo

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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848

byDaniel Walker Howe

History / Social History Political Science / American Government

SHEAR Book Prize

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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

bySean Wilentz

Political Science / Political Process History / Social History

SHEAR Book Prize

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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

byAbraham LincolnandJon Meacham

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States Political Science: American Government – Executive Branch

Amazon – Best Biographies & Memoirs Books of the Year

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Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America

byJim Rasenberger

History: Military – Weapons

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The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President – and Why It Failed

byBrad MeltzerandJosh Mensch

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

byDavid McCullough

History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)History: United States – State & Local – Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

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The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

byAkhil Reed Amar

History: United States – Colonial Period (1600 – 1775)History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

byCandice Millard

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

byTiya Miles

Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)History: African-American

Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

byCatherine Kerrison

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)

George Washington Prize

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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

byStephen Kinzer

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Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Heroic Struggle for America’s Heartland

byPeter Cozzens

Biography & Autobiography: Cultural. Ethnic. & Regional – Native American & Aboriginal History: Native American

George Washington Prize

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The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

byJoshua D. Rothman

History: African-American History: United States – State & Local – South (AL. AR. FL. GA. KY. LA. MS. NC. SC. TN. VA. WV)

Harriet Tubman Prize

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Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas

byCraig Thompson Friend

Biography & Autobiography / Historical History / African American & Black

James Bradford Biography Prize

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Branding Trust: Advertising and Trademarks in Nineteenth-Century America

byJennifer M. Black

Business & Economics / Advertising & Promotion Law / Intellectual Property / Trademark

Hagley Prize in Business History

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President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

byC.W. Goodyear

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

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12 author interviews5 links confirmed active

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The Rough Rider and the Professor: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Friendship that Changed American History

byLaurence Jurdem

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – 20th Century

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Doomed Romance: Broken Hearts, Lost Souls, and Sexual Tumult in Nineteenth-Century America

byChristine Leigh Heyrman

New York Time’s Notable Book

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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

byMegan Kate Nelson

Biography & Autobiography: Biography – Environmentalist & Naturalist Biography & Autobiography: Personal Memoirs

Smithsonian Magazine – 10 Best History Books of the Year

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