Robert E. Lee: A Biography
9 best books like Robert E. Lee: A Biography (Emory M. Thomas): Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, Master of the Senate, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend, General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life, Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping yet intimate biography of George H. W. Bush. Based on rigorous research, hours of private interviews, and extraordinary access to Bush’s diaries and to his family, Destiny and Power paints a vivid and...
| Author | Robert A. Caro |
| ISBN | 0394720954 |
The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon B. Johnson, continues. Master of the Senate takes Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 through 1960, in the United States Senate. Once the most august and revered...
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
| Author | Douglas A. Blackmon |
| ISBN | 0385506252 |
In this groundbreaking historical exposé, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.
Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate...
| Author | David W. Blight |
| ISBN | 1416590315 |
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...
| Author | David Maraniss |
| ISBN | 0684818906 |
Who exactly is Bill Clinton, and why was he, of all the brilliant and ambitious men in his generation, the first in his class to reach the White House? Drawing on hundreds of letters, documents, and interviews, David Maraniss explores the evolution of the personality of our forty-second president from...
Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend
| Author | James I. Robertson Jr. |
| ISBN | 0028650646 |
One of the most successful Civil War books in history, Robertson's insightful examination of the life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson has touched the hearts and minds of readers on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. As Robertson notes in his preface to Stonewall Jackson, this study "is not a biography...
General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier
| Author | Jeffry D. Wert |
| ISBN | 0671892878 |
General James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet, he was largely held to blame for the Confederacy's defeat at Gettysburg....
| Author | James Lee McDonough |
| ISBN | 0393241572 |
A major new biography of one of America’s most storied military figures.
General Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a...
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas is the hilarious, poignant and entertaining story of the life of a junior doctor at the most challenging time of the year. With twenty-five tales of intriguing, shocking and incredible Christmas incidents, the British public will finally appreciate the sacrifices...
