Books like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
12 books with a reading profile close to Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Also deep · history, dense
Barbara Tuchman uses the life of Enguerrand de Coucy VII, a French nobleman, to map the social and political upheavals of medieval Europe.
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird
Also deep · history, dense
Kai Bird and Martin J.
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Also deep · history, dense
Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the internal dynamics of the White House between 1940 and 1945, focusing on the symbiotic but strained partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The Eighth Life
history, dense
Spanning the twentieth century, this family saga begins in Georgia in the early 1900s with a chocolate maker's recipe, a hot drink said to be so delicious it carries a curse, that passes down generations of the Jashi fa…
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Van Gogh: The Life
history, dense
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith utilize a decade of research and thousands of family letters to reconstruct Vincent van Gogh's life beyond the myth of the "mad artist." The biography details his failed careers as…
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John Adams
Also deep · history, dense
David McCullough chronicles the life of the second American president, focusing on his intellectual rigor and his central role in the Continental Congress.
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Washington: A Life
by Ron Chernow
Also deep · history, dense
Ron Chernow provides a chronological investigation of George Washington’s evolution from an ambitious frontier land surveyor into the unifying figure of the American Revolution and the first federal administration.
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The Great War for Civilisation
by Robert Fisk
Also deep · history, dense
Robert Fisk documents the violent history of the Middle East through his three decades of reporting from the front lines.
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
history, dense
Antony Beevor reconstructs the five-month battle for Stalingrad through a combination of military strategy and individual testimony.
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Lincoln
Also deep · history, dense
David Herbert Donald recreates Abraham Lincoln’s life by strictly following the information available to the president at each specific moment.
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Homage to Catalonia
history, narrative
George Orwell recounts his personal involvement in the Spanish Civil War, specifically his time serving within the POUM militia on the Aragon front and in Barcelona.
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