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*The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America*
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Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible fo... »

*Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt*
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David McCullough is a world renowned and respected historian and Mornings on Horseback certainly reflects his noteworthiness. This work is remarkable in the volume of well researched information on the Roosevelt family (there is a significant reference section at the back of the book). Much of this is due to the fact that some members of the Roosevelt ... »

*The Search for Order, 1877-1920*
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In The Search for Order, Robert Wiebe examines the changing American society between the end of Reconstruction and the end of World War I, and the struggle of the emerging middle class to compartmentalize and understand the changes around them. America experienced a significant amount of change between 1877 and 1920. New states entered the union, the... »

Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progre
The title Atlantic Crossings refers to the cross-pollination of social thinking between the United States and Europe (primarily Britain) in the fir... »

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise
W.R. Leach writes about the beginning of consumerism in the U.S. around 1910/20. He writes with much verve about his theme, which makes the book an ageeab... »

Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
This is a very interesting book. Aside from learning about Mary, you also get a history of New York City.... »

Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lync
Prior to 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court had never tried a criminal case--and the high court had yet to assert its power over state criminal courts. That was... »

At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during
Erika Lee is a very angry woman. Her diatribe on American immigration policy equates anyone who is concerned about porous borders , the enforcement of la... »

Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recr
Stevens Pass has always had an aura of mystery about it. Even while Seattle boomed during the great gold rush of the 1800's, there remained no way to cro... »

Barbarian Virtues: The United States Encounters
As an historian who teaches about the Progressive Era, i've been waiting for a book like this for years. It's simply the best book written on America's p... »

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