Books like Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
12 books with a reading profile close to Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown. Contemplative and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Bly
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
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The Atomic City Girls
by Janet Beard
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1943, the Army transforms Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into a secret city of thousands of workers building the weapon that will end the war, though almost none of them know what they are making.
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The Johnstown Flood
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
This novel follows the history of the Chateau de Chavaniac, the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette, across three distinct centuries.
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Lieutenant General Harold G.
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
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Kon-Tiki
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
by Tom Holland
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Tom Holland chronicles the collapse of the Roman Republic, beginning with the rise of Sulla and concluding with the establishment of the principate under Augustus.
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Careless Love
history, narrative
This volume documents the final two decades of Elvis Presley’s life, beginning with his 1958 military service in Germany and concluding with his death in 1977.
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Roots
by Alex Haley
Also contemplative · history, narrative
Alex Haley reconstructs his family lineage starting with Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka youth abducted from West Africa in 1767 and sold into chattel slavery in Maryland.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, narrative
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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