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Books I Have Read in 2008
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarThis Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $17.96
People struggle to make sense of death
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) by Daniel Walker Howe
Buy new: $21.00 / Used from: $18.50
Finally, all in one place
American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaninathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Theirloves, Their WorkAmerican Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaninathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Theirloves, Their Work by Susan Cheever
Buy new: $43.79 / Used from: $40.08
Emerson paid for everything and everybody
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural BiographyWalt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $6.95
Egotistic pedophile, but I like how he celebrates
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in CongressMr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress by Joseph Wheelan
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $10.95
The best ex-President!
Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and AmericaPolk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $13.99
Focused lying son of a gun....
1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris
Buy new: $21.45 / Used from: $17.78
Less sympathy for the Arabs after reading it.
Moscow RulesMoscow Rules by Daniel Silva
Buy new: $14.82 / Used from: $12.00
Trite and formulaic.
The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without EndThe End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End by Peter W. Galbraith
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For crying out loud......
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States) by Robert Middlekauff
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.24
The SLAVE TRADE: THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870The SLAVE TRADE: THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870 by Hugh Thomas
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