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The Johnstown Flood
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The history of civil engineering may sound boring, but in David McCullough's hands it is, well, riveting. His award-winning histories of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal were preceded by this account of the disastrous dam failure that drowned Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889. Written while the last survivors of the flood were still alive, McCul... »
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
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Well timed to coincide with Ken Burns's documentary (on which the author served as a consultant), this new biography doesn't aim to displace the many massive tomes about America's third president that already weigh down bookshelves. Instead, as suggested by the subtitle--"The Character of Thomas Jefferson"--Ellis searches for the "living, breathing per... »
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The Madness of Mary Lincoln
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I found this book to lend key insight into the troubled mind of an often-misunderstood woman. I also found her relationship with Abraham Lincoln to be anything but "normal." She was actually his second choice among her own sisters, and it appears theirs was a relationship fraught with extreme highs and lows, not always attributable solely to her flaw... »
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Eyewitness to the Civil War
We found this book to be a great overall picture of the civil war. Enough pictures and written information to satisfy most but the extreme history buffs.... »
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Prince among Slaves
This is a valuable work that should be read to discover the life of a Muslim during the time of slavery since most slave narratives do not mention Islam e... »
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Lincoln and the Court
I am not much for political history or biographies. Given a choice between reading Sears' Gettysburg and Goodwin's Team of Rivals, my choice is reading G... »
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Thomas Jefferson
This is billed as a concise, one-volume, biography of Mr. Jefferson. It is that, and I've seen worse books. It is quite well written, and does hit all the... »
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