Hopefully those who find history boring can find something interesting in this list.
Battle Cry of Freedom
Considered the best single-volume history of the Civil War. If you consider 924 pages just a single volume.
The Company Town
New book about America's "company towns." The author says they only come in two forms: utopian and satanic.
An Entirely Synthetic Fish
Did surprisingly well as a Round 3 nomination (losing out to Mark Twain bio).
Eden's Outcasts
The story of Louisa May Alcott and her father. Won a pulitzer in '08. I nominated because I'm about to have a daughter.
Truman
David McCullough won a pulitzer for this biography of Harry Truman.
Under a Wild Sky
A "highly readable" biography of John James Audobon.
Truman - 6
ReplyDeleteUnder a Wild Sky - 5
Company Town - 4
Eden's Outcasts - 3
Synthetic Fish - 2
Battle Cry Freedom - 1
Under A Wild Sky - 6
ReplyDeleteBattle Cry Of Freedom - 5
An Entirely Synthetic Fish - 4
Eden's Outcasts - 3
Company Town - 2
Truman - 1
Battle Cry-6
ReplyDeleteTruman-5
Under a Wild Sky-4
Synthetic Fish-3
Company Town-2
Eden's Outcast-1
6- Wild Sky
ReplyDelete5- Company Town
4- Eden's Outcasts
3- Fish
2- Battle Cry
1- Truman