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12 books with a reading profile close to Lincoln's assassins by James L. Swanson, Daniel Weinberg. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

by Adam Makos

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In December 1943, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown flew a crippled B-17 bomber over Germany, its fuselage shredded and half its crew wounded.
2

Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Erik Larson weaves together two seemingly unrelated narratives from the Edwardian era: the invention of long-distance wireless communication by Guglielmo Marconi and the pursuit of the mild-mannered murderer Hawley Harv…
3

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

by Denise Kiernan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In the early 1940s, the United States government constructed Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a secret city carved out of rural farmland to house seventy thousand residents working on the Manhattan Project.
4

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Timothy Egan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Timothy Egan chronicles the environmental disaster of the 1930s Dust Bowl by following several families who remained in the High Plains rather than fleeing to California.
5

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan moved beyond the deep South to establish a stronghold in the American Midwest, specifically Indiana.
6

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

by Liza Mundy

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S.
7

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett entered the Amazon jungle to locate a hidden civilization he named "Z," believing it to be the birthplace of complex South American culture.
8

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Erik Larson chronicles the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the surrender of Fort Sumter.
9

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In the winter of 1820, a massive sperm whale repeatedly rammed and sank the whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
10

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Hampton Sides chronicles the 1945 raid on the Cabanatuan prisoner of war camp in the Philippines.
11

Flags of Our Fathers

by James D. Bradley

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

James Bradley reconstructs the lives of the six men who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
12

One Summer: America, 1927

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Bill Bryson chronicles the rapid cultural and technological shifts in American life during five months in 1927.

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