Books like Ten Days in a Mad-House
12 books with a reading profile close to Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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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 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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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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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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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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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 Longest Day: June 6, 1944
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Cornelius Ryan reconstructs the D-Day invasion by weaving together hundreds of individual accounts from Allied and German soldiers, as well as French civilians.
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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
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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The Blind Side
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Michael Lewis details the evolution of the left tackle position in American football, triggered by the rising impact of speed-rushing linebackers like Lawrence Taylor.
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From Sand and Ash
by Amy Harmon
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1943 Italy, the narrative follows Eva Rosselli, a Jewish woman, and Angelo Bianco, a Catholic priest, as they navigate the German occupation of Rome.
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An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Annejet van der Zijl reconstructs the life of Allene Tew, a woman born into a modest family in Chautauqua County, New York, during the late nineteenth century.
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Sonia Purnell chronicles the life of Virginia Hall, an American woman who overcame a prosthetic wooden leg and deep-seated institutional sexism to become a critical operative for the British Special Operations Executive…
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