Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States

5 best books like Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States (Hiroshi Motomura): 1421: The Year China Discovered America, Angle of Repose, Athelstan: The Making of England, Liberty! The American Revolution, Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

1421: The Year China Discovered America

Author

Gavin Menzies

On 3/8/1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" & unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When it returned in 10/1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving...

Angle of Repose

Author	Wallace Stegner
ISBN	0140169300

Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface...

Athelstan: The Making of England

Author	Tom Holland
ISBN	0241187818

The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inherited the rule of both Mercia and Wessex, conquered...

Liberty! The American Revolution

Author	Thomas Fleming
ISBN	0670870218

Liberty! The American Revolution brings to life one of the most important and compelling stories in our country's history: the struggle for independence and the birth of the American nation. Historian and novelist Thomas Fleming's gripping narrative captures the high drama of the revolutionary...

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Author	Patrick K. O'Donnell
ISBN	0802124593

In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Britain, the revolution was on the verge of a sudden and disastrous end. General George Washington found his troops outmanned and outmaneuvered at the Battle of Brooklyn, and it looked like...