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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Simon & Schuster, 1995
One of my favorite books
+ Review of the FDR Era
+ A good read
+ A Peek into One Family's Life
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Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age ...
James Green
Pantheon, 2006
A very sobering account of the labor battles in early Industrial America
+ Fabulous History
+ Please, someone make a movie of this book
+ Well Written and Accessible History Lesson
+ Interesting history lesson
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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States)
David M. Kennedy
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
An Iluminating Book
+ Wonderful book on the depression
+ Magnificent
+ Great Non-Romanticized Story-Telling
+ Freedom From Fear
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Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration
Timuel D. Black, DuSable Museum
Northwestern University Press, 2005
Eavesdrop on intimate conversations among old friends
+ Moving and Deep
+ Volume 2 is an Excellent Book... and it was worth the wait
+ What a wonderful book!
+ an oral history of Bronzeville
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Studs Terkel
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
gives voices to those who lived through the Depression
+ Down And Out In 1930's America
+ The revolution that shoulda, coulda been
+ Not great, but still very good.
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The First World War
Michael Howard
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003
Concise but informative and highly readable
+ Good Overview of a great European Tragedy
+ Good introduction but very slow
+ a great start
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
Vintage, 1975
Power Reveals
+ An important book to read
+ How Old Man Moses Kept Rolling Along
+ Biography at its very best...
+ A brief review for a big, important, thorough and ground breaking book.
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 1978
Lighting a path thru history
+ Audacious and improbable (4.25*s)
+ A man, a plan, a canal . . .
+ A great story
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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939
Lizabeth Cohen
Cambridge University Press, 1991
A superior book on labor, ethnicity, and politics
+ Making social change in Chicago
+ Great insights on the labor movement during the depression
+ In-depth Analysis of Chicago and Chicagoans
+ Outstanding view of workers in Chicago between the wars
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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
Lizabeth Cohen
Vintage, 2003
A remarkable piece of research
+ Fascinating history, though stodgy at times
+ A must read for students of American history & marketing.
Lizabeth Cohen's "A Consumers' Republic" does much to explain how citizenship has been significantly redefined by consumerism in postwar America. The thoroughly readable book is full of insights and should interest all readers of 20th century American history. It will also prompt many to ponder how ...
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
Nicholas Lemann
Vintage, 1992
outstanding book.
+ Recommended by a conservative talk show host
+ Great read with valuable insights on US history
+ Terrific reading
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Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Review: Band of Brothers - Simply Excellent
+ One of the best!
+ Great story...
+ Real American Heroes
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Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, & the Great Depression
Alan Brinkley
Vintage, 1983
an impressive piece of history...
+ Rabble-rousers
+ A Fair Assessment of Controversial Figures
+ Dissident Movements in America - fascinating topic
+ The Follies of Charismatic Leadership
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Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
Where Did You Go Mr. Thaddeus Stevens...
+ Worth Every Page
+ Long, dry but very complete account
+ Reconstruction presented from a documented historical perspective
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The Guns of August
Barbara W. Tuchman
Ballantine Books, 1994
Well the writing is geat but so is the book...
+ Guns of August is a classic
+ Bob Dylan should read this book
Of course the writing is amazing but this edition is a wonderful possession. The book I bought (library binding) is great! Book is built like a tank, great binding, good paper, and an attractive cover and spine design. If you are gifting this book this is your edition, a really beautiful job by ...
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