Books like First Family: Abigail and John Adams
12 books with a reading profile close to First Family: Abigail and John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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1
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, biography
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Hallie Rubenhold reconstructs the biographies of Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, shifting the historical focus away from their murderer.
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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
by Kate Moore
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In 1860, Elizabeth Packard’s husband committed her to the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane because she challenged his religious authority and asserted her intellectual independence.
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Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Kate Clifford Larson reconstructs the life of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joe and Rose Kennedy, who was born with intellectual disabilities.
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5
Careless Love
history, biography
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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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey departed England on a small yacht, seeking an alternative to the stagnant routines of suburban life.
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Schindler’s List
history, biography
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
history, biography
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Plateau, Alabama, to interview Oluale Kossola, known as Cudjo Lewis.
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9
Roots
by Alex Haley
history, biography
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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Mornings on Horseback
Also clear-cut · history, biography
David McCullough chronicles the formative years of Theodore Roosevelt, focusing on the two decades between 1869 and 1886.
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
Also clear-cut · history, biography
Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman document the life and death of Jim Morrison, the frontman of The Doors.
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Also clear-cut · history, biography
In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler hid in a hollowed-out woodpile for three days before slipping past the outer perimeter of Auschwitz.
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