Primary Source U.S. History Bookshelf

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Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992
by William M. LeoGrande

Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery
by Stephen E. Ambrose; photographs by Sam Abell

The Starr Report: The Official Report of the Independent Counsel's Investigation of the President
Kenneth Starr 1998

Diplomacy
Henry Kissinger /  1995
The history of U.S. diplomacy from the master himself, Dr. Kissinger. Must reading for those that think they know about
U.S. foreign relations. This book should be written by all students of U.S. History.

American Pageant (11th Edition)
Bailey / 1998
The most widely used U.S. History textbook in the U.S. This is a "must own" book!

Steal This Book
Abbie Hoffman /  1995

The Pentagon Papers As Published by the New York Times.
Quadrangle Books; New York /  1972

Constitution of the U.S. and Related Documents
United States, Martin Shapiro (Editor) /  1966

The Declaration of Independence
Richard Conrad Stein /  Published 1995

America in 1492 : The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus
Alvin M. Josephy (Editor), Frederisk E. Hoxie /  1993

America in the '40s: A Sentimental Journey
Paperback /  1998

Inside the Titanic : A Giant Cut-Away Book
Ken Marschall (Illustrator), Hugh Brewster / Published 1997

Titanic Survivor : The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop
Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters
Violet Jessop, John Maxtone-Graham /  1997

Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors
Jack Winocour / 1960

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Stephen E. Ambrose /  1997

A History of the American People
Paul Johnson / 1998

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65
Taylor Branch /  1998

Parting the Waters : America in the King Years, 1954-63
Taylor Branch /  1989

The Name of War : King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
Jill Lepore /  1998

Making the Corps
Thomas E. Ricks /  1997

The Dark Side of Camelot
Seymour M. Hersh /  1997

A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Charles W. Dryden / 1997

The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara /  1993
Essential Civil War Reading

Black Valor :Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898
Frank N. Schubert / 1997

The Buffalo Soldiers
Catherine Reef / 1993

America in the Age of the Titans
Sean Dennis Cashman / 1988

America in the World : The Historiography of American Foreign Relations Since 1941
Michael J. Hogan /  1996

America in World War I
Edward F. Dolan / 1996

American Beginnings : The Prehistory and Palaeoecology of Beringia
Frederick Hadleigh  /  1996