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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Plenty of people have reviewed this book. Let me just add a couple of reasons why you might enjoy this book:
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U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth (Civil War America)
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While this book covers how such a popular general and President lost his popularity through the years of time I fear that many people know neither that he was a General nor even the President of the United States. This book is not so much a study of his life, his military career or his presidency,... more info

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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
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Excellent book about the Lincoln assassination and the days following. Very complete in the description of characters and events. A very hard book to put down.

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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Ambrose shows his literary expertise as he chronicles the most famous exploring duo in American history. Using journals and other first person witness accounts, the reader is treated to a detailed description of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the pacific. While the research was extensive, Ambrose... more info

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Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant (Modern Library War)
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Ulysses S. Grant was a humble man, and his book is extremely honest. Readers will be hard-pressed to find one word of embellishment or bragging. While there are many fascinating sections to this book, Grant's explanation of the Fugitive Slave act as the trigger of the war (they made the Northerners... more info

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary
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"The Professor and the Madman" examines the relationship between Sir James Murray, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), and Dr. William Minor, who contributed an extraordinary number of quotations to the OED. James Murray was a Scottish autodidact who became associated with the OED through... more info

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The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World
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This book provides unique insights into some of the most important scientific and artistic accomplishments in the Western world from the 1930s to the present. kati Marton offers key information about the men who did so much to change our world, information new to me even though I thought I knew a... more info

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Alexander Hamilton
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An exceptionally well documented and interesting presentation of one of America's most intriguing and brilliant characters. Washington, our nation's greatest leader, needed Hamilton's intellect to lay the foundation for our system of government. Absent Washington's character influence, Hamilton... more info

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Abraham Lincoln
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More a long essay than a book, "Abraham Lincoln" surveys the life of the 16th president from birth to his fateful night when he was shot. In straightforward English, McPherson lays out Lincoln's life in easy prose and emulates the style of Lincoln himself: concise, eloquent, and profound.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Penguin Classics)
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Wow! Where do I start? This novel is the epitome of a well-rounded slavery novel! The details were nothing short of amazing! At any given moment, I can find myself vividly imagining the scenery and ambience that the novel speaks of! This is one of my favorite pieces of literature and I believe... more info

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