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41) Nathanael Greene: a biography of the American Revolution

Author

Carbone, Gerald M

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

42) Eisenhower at war, 1943-1945

Author

Eisenhower, David

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[1986]

Language

English

Description

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Describes the public career of Dwight Eisenhower beginning at the time he was named Supreme Commander after the Teheran Conference in 1943, during World War II.

43) Union general and 18th president: Ulysses S. Grant

Author

Englar, Mary

Series

We the people

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

[2009]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

44) War's end: an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission

Author

Sweeney, Charles W

Publisher

Avon Books

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

Description

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The author recounts his World War II encounters with Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the revolutionary B-29 bomber who would eventually select him to lead the atomic mission to Nagasaki.

45) Eisenhower: in war and peace

Author

Smith, Jean Edward

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

Description

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A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's thirty-fourth president.

46) John Charles Frémont: western pathfinder

Author

Witteman, Barbara

Series

Let freedom ring

Publisher

Bridgestone Books

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer whose many expeditions helped open up the western territories to settlers.

47) In the hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War

Author

Trulock, Alice Rains

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

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Presents a comprehensive biography of Civil War General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain who commanded the Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and traces his life and career that included campaigns at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and his brilliant charge on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863

48) The politically incorrect guide to the Civil War

Author

Crocker, H. W

Series

Politically incorrect guide

Publisher

Regnery Pub

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

Description

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Suggests that that the Confederate States of America had a strong constitutional case, and that modern ideas of this region and time period rely heavily on stereotypes and misinformation.

49) Francis Marion: the Swamp Fox

Author

Cornelius, Kay

Series

Revolutionary War leaders

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[2001]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

50) Lee & Grant: generals of the Civil War

Publisher

KGB Productions

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

Description

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Step behind the battle lines with generals on both sides of the Civil War as AMERICAN EXPERIENCE explores the military prowess and political ambition of Union victor Ulysses S. Grant and his Confederate foe, Robert E. Lee.

51) Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman

Author

Sherman, William T

Series

Library of America volume 51

Publisher

Library of America

Pub. Date

1990

Language

English

52) Washington: a life

Author

Chernow, Ron

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Appears on these lists

Obama's Reading Lists
Pulitzer Prize Winning Biographies

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.

53) Patton: a biography

Author

Axelrod, Alan

Series

Great generals

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

54) Ulysses S. Grant

Author

Williams, Jean Kinney

Series

Profiles of the presidents

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

55) His father's son: the life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr

Author

Brady, Tim

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Description

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His Father's Son delves into the life of a man as courageous, colorful, and unwavering as any of the Roosevelt clan, and offers up a definitive portrait of one of America’s greatest military heroes.