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Books like The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

12 books with a reading profile close to The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

1

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

Also outward-looking · 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.
2

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
3

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Lieutenant General Harold G.
4

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking · 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.
5

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

history, narrative

In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
6

Kon-Tiki

by Thor Heyerdahl

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
7

The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

by Cornelius Ryan

Also outward-looking · 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.
8

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

by Walter Isaacson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of the most versatile Founding Father, tracing his evolution from a runaway apprentice in Boston to a world-renowned scientist and diplomat.
9

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.
10

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

by Victoria Finlay

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Victoria Finlay tracks the physical origins of artistic pigments by traveling to the remote geographical sources of the rainbow.
11

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In 1959, the United States selected seven military test pilots to become the first astronauts for Project Mercury.
12

The Source

by James A. Michener

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

The narrative centers on an archaeological excavation at Tell Makor, a fictional mound in northern Israel, during the early 1960s.

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