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Books (and a few movies) on the past of the United States of America (exclusive of books on political issues)
with an eye toward not repeating the mistakes of prior generations.
Spirit of America Bookstore's U.S. Politics Pages
History / United States books catalog at Amazon
U.S. History Timeline Pages
Ancient Times (3500 BCE to 1490)
1491-1800
1801-1900
1901-1930
1931-1950
1951-1968
1969-2000
2001-2010
2011-2016
2017 to present
Spirit of America Bookstore's TreasonGate Timeline Page
Working Minds / Solutions / American Labor History Timeline
Spirit of America Bookstore's G.O.P. Economic Meltdown Timeline
The XXth Century
 | "Timelines of The 20th Century: A Chronology of 7,500 Key Events, Discoveries, and People That Shaped Our Century" [1996] by David Brownstone & Irene M. Franck Little, Brown & Co. 10¾x8½ pb [3/97] out of print/used Little, Brown & Co. 11x8½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Visual Timeline of The 20th Century" [1996] by Simon Adams book covers four themes: arts and entertainment, science and technology, health and welfare, and world events "from apartheid and atom bombs to vitamins and virtual reality" D.K. Children 12½x11½ hardcover [9/96] out of print/50+ used |
 | "America 1900: The Turning Point - The Sweeping Story of A Pivotal Year In The Life of The Nation" [1998] by Judy Crichton Companion book to 3-hour documentary program of "The American Experience" that aired in November 1998. Holt Paperbacks 9x7¼ pb [5/2000] out of print/used Henry Holt & Co. 9¼x7½ hardcover [11/98] out of print/50+ used |
 | "The Complete Idiot's Guide To 20th-Century History" [1999] by Alan Axelrod Nicely-written coverage, but limited to an American perspective: many world events are skipped; also, reviewers cite several factual errors. Alpha Books 9x7¼ pb [6/99] out of print/40+ used |
 | "The People's Almanac Presents The 20th Century: History With The Boring Parts Left Out" [1999] by David Wallechinsky Galahad Books 9&fracx6 pb [3/2001] out of print/used The Overlook Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/99] out of print/used |
 | "Children's History of The 20th Century" [1999]
DK Millennium 11½x9¼ hardcover [9/99] out of print/50+ used |
 | "The Penguin History of The Twentieth Century: The History of The World, 1901 to 2000" [1999] by J.M. Roberts
Allen Lane/Penguin Books 7¾x5 pb [rev 7/2004] for $15.33 Viking Adult 9½x6½ hardcover [12/99] out of print/90+ used |
http://www.amazon.com/100-Greatest-Americans-20th-Century/dp/1568586817/
http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-American-Pop-Culture/dp/1480168939/
http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Year/dp/0439219280/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Decades-1920-1929-Judith-Baughman/dp/0810357240/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Decades-2000-2009-Carol-Nagel/dp/1414436068/
http://www.amazon.com/America-1900s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056366/
20s
http://www.amazon.com/America-1930s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056382/
40s
http://www.amazon.com/America-1950s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056404/
http://www.amazon.com/America-1960s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056420/
http://www.amazon.com/America-1970s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056439/
http://www.amazon.com/America-1980s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056447/
http://www.amazon.com/America-1990s-Decades-American-History/dp/0816056455/
 | "A History of Popular Culture, 1900-1919" [ages 11-15; 2012] by Jilly Hunt Heinemann-Raintree 9x6 pb [8/2012] for $8.80 Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ library hardcover [8/2012] for $28.66 |
 | "A History of Popular Culture, 1920-1939 [ages 11-15; 2012] by Jane Bingham Heinemann-Raintree 9x6¼ pb [8/2012] for $8.80 Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ library hardcover [8/2012] for $31.50 |
 | "A History of Popular Culture, 1940-1959" [ages 11-15; 2012] by Nick Hunter Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ pb [8/2012] for $8.80 Heinemann-Raintree 9½x6¾ library hardcover [8/2012] for $28.48 |
 | "A History of Popular Culture, 1960-1979" [ages 11-15; 2012] by Michael Burgan Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ pb [8/2012] for $8.80 Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ library hardcover [8/2012] for $31.50 |
 | "A History of Popular Culture, 1980-1999" [ages 11-15; 2012] by Jilly Hunt Heinemann-Raintree 9x6 pb [8/2012] for $8.80 Heinemann-Raintree 9¼x6½ library hardcover [8/2012] for $28.71 |
Early XXth Century - 1900 to 1950
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Great Depression' [1929-39] Page
War Film Festival - World War II Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Spirit of America Bookstore's World War II Internment Camps Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's Atomic U.S.A. Pages
Latter XXth Century - 1950 to 2000
The Beat Generation Page at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore
Spirit of America Bookstore's Sen. Joe McCarthy Page
Hollywood Blacklist Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Fifties Culture Nostalgia Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Fifties Culture Research Page (for the Rick Walker detective novels)
Spirit of America Bookstore's WaterGate Conspiracy Page
 | "All The President's Men" [1974 bestseller] by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
Pocket mass pb [6/2005] for $7.99 S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/94] for $11.20 Warner pb [1/75] out of print/used S&S hardcover [6/74] out of print/many used Recorded Books audio CD [3/2004] for $23.09 |
 | "All The President's Men" feature film [Warner/Wildwood April 1976] more details on Magic Lantern's "All The President's Men" 1976 Movie Page Directed by Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman from the bestselling book; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards & Jane Alexander; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [JR], Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Editing; WGA Award for Best Script; added to National Film Registry (2010) Warner special edition DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $17.49 Warner widescreen DVD [10/97] for $14.99 Warner color VHS [3/2003] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb watch official trailer [1:50] at YouTube |
 | "The Wise Men: Six Friends & The World They Made" [1986] by Walter Isaacson & Evan Thomas Dean Acheson, Charles E. Bohlen, W. Averell Harriman, George Kennan, Robert Lovett & John J. McCloy – all friends and also advisors to presidents from F.D.R. to L.B.J. – were the hidden architects behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and Cold War containment. S&S 9x6 pb [6/97] for $14.96 S&S hardcover [10/86] out of print/used |
 | "The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon" [1990] by Stanley I. Kutler recommended by Watergate figure John W. Dean W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [5/92] for $11.53 Knopf 9¼x6¾ hardcover [5/90] out of print/used |
 | "Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics & The Fall of Richard Nixon" [1994] by Fred Emery
Touchstone 9x6¼ pb [9/95] for $25.95 Crown 9½x6½ hardcover [6/94] out of print/used |
 | "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat" [2005] by Bob Woodward, with Carl Bernstein S&S hardcover [7/2005] for $15.64 |
 | "Pivotal Decade: How The United States Traded Factories For Finance In The Seventies" [2010] by Judith Stein
Yale Univ Press 9x5¾ pb [9/2011] for $25.00 Yale Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2010] out of print/used |
 | "Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and The Last Days of The Working Class" [2010] by Jefferson Cowie The New Press pb [1/2012] for $16.36 The New Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2010] for $18.45 |
XXIst Century
Spirit of America Bookstore's TreasonGate Timeline Page
 | "The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation" [2006] by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon Hill & Wang 9x5½ pb [8/2006] for $11.53 Hill & Wang 9x6 hardcover [8/2006] for $19.80 |
 | "Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up To The Facts - An In-Depth Investigation By Popular Mechanics" [2006] Edited by David Dunbar & Brad Reagan, Foreword by Sen. John McCain Hearst 8¼x5½ pb [8/2006] for $7.63 |
 | "Fair Game: My Life As A Spy, My Betrayal By The White House" [2007] by Valerie Plame Wilson Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster [10/2007] for $7.99 S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/2008] for $10.20 S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] out of print/hundreds used S&S ABR audio CD [10/2007] out of prodn/many used official book site lots more details on Spirit of America Bookstore's TreasonGate Timeline Page |
 | "The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and The Battle Over American History" [2010] by Jill Lepore Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2010] for $13.57 |
 | "Hawk of Pandora: A 9/11 Missing Link" [2010] by Thomas 'Hawk' Hellstrom In December 2000, author Hellstrom sent a 15-page fax to the F.B.I.'s Atlanta field office describing a Chechen-AlQaeda terrorist conspiracy based in Atlanta, Georgia; author claims that subsequent events constitute a cover-up by the Bush Administration. L.T.T. Independent Publng 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $12.57 |
 | "The Book of Obama: From Hope and Change To The Age of Revolt" [2012] by Ted Rall Author is a syndicated columnist and political cartoonist; the book is only partially about President Obama, "a depressing and disgustingly accurate analysis of the current hamstrung government in Washington, DC" Kindle Edition from Seven Stories Press [6/2012] for $9.99 Seven Stories Press 9x6 pb [6/2012] for $13.16 |
 | "The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took The Law Back From Liberals" [2013] by Michael Avery & Danielle McLaughlin
Kindle Edition from Vanderbilt Univ Press [6/2013] for $10.09 Vanderbilt Univ Press 10x7¼ hardcover [4/2013] for $25.37 |
 | "The Next Republic: The Rise of A New Radical Majority" [2018]
 by D.D. Guttenplan Investigative reporter Guttenplan focuses on eight potential leaders of progressive politics in the U.S.A.: environmental activist Jane Kleeb; racial justice campaigner Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba; labor activist Jane McAlevey; Chicago alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa; #ALLOFUS co-founder Waleed Shahid; anti-corruption crusader Zephyr Teachout; and digerati Corbin Trent and Zack Exley, founders of Brand New Congress; in addition, there are three chapters on the Whiskey Rebellion, the Lincoln Republic, and the Roosevelt Republic Kindle Edition from Seven Stories/Penguin Random House [10/2018] for $14.99 Seven Stories Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2018] for $15.88 |
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