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2) Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about American history, but never learned
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English
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From the first settlements of the continent through Vietnam, Watergate, and the Reagan era, Davis takes listeners on a rollicking ride through 600 years of Americana. Long-held myths and misconceptions are revealed.
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English
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An iconoclastic look at America's past: overlooked episodes that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, these narratives bring to light little-known but fascinating, myth-busting facts. Read the story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists; the coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella,...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The author of the best-selling Don't Know Much About® series provides a gripping exploration into the hidden history of America at war from the Revolution to the conflict in Iraq through six emblematic battles and reveals untold tales that span our nation's history.
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Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Explores America's hidden history in the first half of the nineteenth century, one of the most tumultuous but overlooked periods in the nation's early history.
In the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States emerged from its inauspicious beginning as a newborn nation, to a near-empire that spanned the continent. It was a time in which the "dream of our founders" spread in ways that few men of that Revolutionary Generation could possibly...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a fascinating account of the Spanish influenza pandemic 100 years after it first swept the world in 1918. "Davis deftly juggles compelling storytelling, gruesome details, and historical context. More Deadly Than War reads like a terrifying dystopian novelthat happens to be true." Steve Sheinkin, author of Bomb and Undefeated. A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Month. With 2018 marking the 100th...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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What makes a country fall to a dictator? How do authoritarian leaders—strongmen—capable of killing millions acquire their power? How are they able to defeat the ideal of democracy? And what can we do to make sure it doesn’t happen again? By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history—Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein—Kenneth C. Davis seeks to answer these questions, examining...
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