A Buffalo in the House

The True Story about a Man, an Animal, and the American West

by R.D. Rosen

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Publication date: June 01, 2007

Rosen tells the true story of Charlie, an orphaned buffalo calf adopted and raised by a married couple in Santa Fe.

The Other Half

The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America

by Tom Buk-Swienty

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Publication date: August 01, 2008

A bio of Jacob Riis, America’s first muckraker, who survived poverty and heartbreak to write his exposé of NYC slums.

Ike

An American Hero

by Michael Korda

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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Publication date: August 01, 2007

Korda's unequalled portrait is full of fascinating details that show Eisenhower as a brilliant general—perhaps our greatest ever, an inspired leader, and...

James A. Garfield

The American Presidents Series

by Ira M. Rutkow

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Publication date: May 30, 2006

Rutkow, author of the landmark study of Civil War surgery Bleeding Blue and Grey, provides the full, tragic story of Garfield’s remarkable rise and shocking...

Lion in the White House

A Life of Theodore Roosevelt

by Aida Donald

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Publisher: Basic Books Inc.

Publication date: October 01, 2007

Lion in the White House offers a stylish and energetic look at TR at the very height of his influence and power.

Angels and Ages

by Adam Gopnik

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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House

Publication date: January 27, 2009

From the award-winning New Yorker writer—a fascinating meditation on Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.

Eagles and Empire

The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent

by David A. Clary

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Publisher: Bantam Books, Inc./ Div. of Random Hous

Publication date: September 01, 2009

Vivid and balanced account of the Mexican-American War of the 1840s brings new life to this watershed conflict.

A History of Appalachia

by Richard Drake

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A social history of a part of America marked by natural beauty, individual perseverance and abject poverty.

The Last Campaign

Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America

by Thurston Clarke

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Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

Publication date: May 27, 2008

Drawing on new research and interviews, Clarke offers the definitive account of RFK’s watershed presidential campaign.

The Painter's Chair

George Washington and the Making of American Art

by Hugh Howard

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Usa

Publication date: February 01, 2009

George Washington, seen through the eyes of the portraitists who would become the founding fathers of American painting.