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Dreams of El Dorado
In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West, from Lewis and Clark's expedition in the early 19th century to the …
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A brilliant evocation of one of the greatest presidents in American history by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our …
Our First Civil War
"Americans tend to forget that we have always been at war with one another--even in the beginning.... Brands tells the story of the American Revolution as it really unfolded--as a …
Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
A noted historian offers a definitive account of the administration of Woodrow Wilson, detailing Wilson's unusual route to the White House, his campaign against corporate …
The General vs. the President
At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world, when he suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, …
The Strange Death of American Liberalism
In this provocative book, H. W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not trust the federal government to improve their lives and to …
The Money Men
Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another history woven all through it, a largely forgotten history—the story of the money …
Lone Star Nation
In Lone Star Nation, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas’s journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic spirit to a pivotal chapter in American …
Andrew Jackson
A dynamic portrait of America's seventh president explores the life and times of the first "common man" to rise to the position of president of the United States, following Jackson …
Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (18571919) was the most literary of American Presidents, writing scores of books, including Through the Brazilian Wilderness and African Game Trails. He was also …
The General and the President
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur …