Below is a list of books I've read and reviewed dealing with American history over different periods of time.
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the USA as a country, I thought I'd share some of the book titles with links to my reviews for those interested in reading the same books.
1. Mayflower Lives by Martyn Whittock
2. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
1. Mayflower Lives by Martyn Whittock
2. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
3. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
4. Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
5. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
6. March by John Lewis
7. Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.
8. Changing Laws: Politics of the Civil Rights Era by Judy Dodge Cummings
9. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
10. Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda R. Hirshman
4. Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
5. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
6. March by John Lewis
7. Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.
8. Changing Laws: Politics of the Civil Rights Era by Judy Dodge Cummings
9. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
10. Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda R. Hirshman
Some interesting themes there. I haven't read any of them. And haven't heard of the authors, except for two.
ReplyDeleteAll of them are nonfiction books, which may be why you've only heard of two of the authors.
DeleteTrue. If they don't write many books and I haven't heard of that one, I might not have heard of them.
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