Foner's essential work on the post-Civil War American South. I'm not a fan of alternate histories, but this book makes you ponder 'what could have been' if Reconstruction had been more successful.

This seminal book describes the ecological impact of English settlers on New England. He asks 'how so Alien a Then could have become so familiar a Now'. Changes in the Land changed the way we think.

This book provides a great detailed resource of past political repression. Wonderful reference for a research paper. Unfortunately, in light of current events we need an update!

Shelby Foote's indispensable 3 volume history of the US Civil War. Readable, accessible, i.e., not boring. Foote was the primary commentator on Ken Burns' PBS documentary on the Civil War.

A necessary antidote to the standard histories by an eminent historian.

Simply the best book on the man and the politician, one of the most fascinating characters in American history. Corrupt, but genuinely populist, Long fought the powerful in favor of the common man.

Poor farmers get uppity for a little while..

Seymour Hersh nails Henry Kissinger. Or is that skewers? Tasty treat.

TR's maniacal energy pulses through the book. A polymath as well as a 'man of action'. TR created a towering public career. A darker private life. TR never fully recovered from early family deaths.