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John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court

10 best books like John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court (Richard Brookhiser): The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War, Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, A Republic, If You Can Keep It

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
AuthorRick Atkinson
ISBN1627790438
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental...
Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
AuthorRobert A. Caro
ISBN0525656340
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed books

For the first time in his long career, Robert...
American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
AuthorTim Alberta
Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s look at the making of the modern Republican Party—how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents:...
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
AuthorDavid McCullough
ISBN1501168681
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.

As...
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
AuthorDavid W. Blight
ISBN1416590315
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity...
Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
AuthorJared Cohen
ISBN1501109820
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects...
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
AuthorNathaniel Philbrick
ISBN0525426760
The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition.

Here is the story of the remarkable year leading up to the siege of Yorktown. It sets Washington against his traitorous nemesis Benedict Arnold and...
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
AuthorJoanne B. Freeman
ISBN0374154775
The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War

In The Field of Blood, Joanne Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Freeman shows that the Capitol was...
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
AuthorH.W. Brands
ISBN0525638008
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy

In the early 1800s, three young men strode...
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
AuthorNeil Gorsuch
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Justice Neil Gorsuch reflects on his journey to the Supreme Court, the role of the judge under our Constitution, and the vital responsibility of each American to keep our republic strong.
 
As Benjamin Franklin left the Constitutional Convention, he was reportedly...
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