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Books like Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

12 books with a reading profile close to Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

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.
3

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Sam Kean

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

Sam Kean organizes the history of the world through the chemical elements, moving beyond the sterile rows of the periodic table to reveal the human chaos behind scientific discovery.
4

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

by Ross King

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

In 1418, the architects of Florence faced a structural crisis: the massive central opening of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral remained uncovered, as no known building method could support a dome of such scale withou…
5

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

Stephen E.
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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

Stephen Ambrose reconstructs the Allied invasion of France through hundreds of oral histories from the men who fought on the ground.
7

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

by Robert M. Edsel

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

Robert M.
8

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.
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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.
10

Consider the Eel

by Richard Schweid

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Schweid tracks the biological lifecycle of the eel from its mysterious breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea to its development in the freshwater rivers of Europe and North America.
11

By the Sword

by Richard Cohen

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

Richard Cohen chronicles the technical and cultural evolution of swordplay from ancient Egypt to the modern Olympic Games.
12

Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

by Mitchell Zuckoff

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

In 1945, a transport plane nicknamed the Gremlin Special crashed into a remote valley in Dutch New Guinea, leaving only three survivors: WAC corporal Margaret Hastings, Sergeant Kenneth Decker, and Lieutenant John McCol…

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