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Posted: 11/26/2001 1:12:31 PM EDT
Alright you history buffs. what are some of your favorite history books?



[sniper]

Californian by birth, Texan by choice.
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 1:24:24 PM EDT
[#1]
Lewis and Clark Journals. edited by De Voto
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 3:35:40 PM EDT
[#2]
Best one ever is "It Seemed Like A Good Idea..." by William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett ISBN: 0-380-80771-8
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 3:40:35 PM EDT
[#3]
"The Black Rifle"  ISBN 0-88935-115-5
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 3:45:12 PM EDT
[#4]
4,000 Years Ago by Geoffrey Bibby.
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 3:45:45 PM EDT
[#5]
"Meeting at Philadelphia" (History of the Constitutional Convention)

"Citizen Soldiers"  (WWII)

"Clear the Bridge!"  (USS Tang history)

"Retreat, Hell"  (Marines at Chosen)

Lots more.

CB
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 3:57:35 PM EDT
[#6]
"Stonewall Jackson" by Dr. James Robertson
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 4:05:42 PM EDT
[#7]
The Dead Sea scrolls.



Michael
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 5:19:09 PM EDT
[#8]
20th Century
Stephen Ambrose does a great job, I would start with his "Citizen Soldiers"

American Civil War
I would recommend Shelby Foote.

Link Posted: 11/26/2001 5:35:02 PM EDT
[#9]
Colloden, John Preble (The Scottish rebellion of 1745)

The Killer Angels, Michael Schaara (Gettysburg)

A Life Wild and Perilous, Utley (The mountain men)

The Arctic Grail, Berton (The search for the Northwest Passage)

The Washing of the Spears (The rise and fall of the Zulu nation)
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 5:38:54 PM EDT
[#10]
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. 1599 pages of WW2.

Av.
Link Posted: 11/26/2001 5:44:49 PM EDT
[#11]
"Hammer of the Gods"
the unauthorized biography of Led Zepplin
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