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    american history

    A close look at how Christian authors and secular voices alike have written about american history. Each book is weighed against Scripture so you can decide what to trust.

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    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Warriors Don't Cry

    Warriors Don't Cry

    by Melba Pattillo Beals

    memoirrace & racism
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Amos Fortune, Free Man

    Amos Fortune, Free Man

    by Elizabeth Yates

    biographyamerican history
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Jacob's Choice

    Jacob's Choice

    by Ervin Stutzman

    historical fictionfaith
    Recommended9.2
    Cover of Twelve Years a Slave

    Twelve Years a Slave

    by Solomon Northup

    memoirrace & racism
    Recommended9.0
    Cover of Enemies of Slavery

    Enemies of Slavery

    by David Adler

    american historybiography
    Recommended9.0
    Cover of And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar)

    And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Paperstar)

    by Jean Fritz

    biographyamerican history
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

    The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

    by Christopher Paul Curtis

    historical fictionrace & racism
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of A Land Remembered

    A Land Remembered

    by Patrick D. Smith

    historical fictionfamily
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Which Way Freedom?

    Which Way Freedom?

    by Joyce Hansen

    historical fictionrace & racism
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Across Five Aprils

    Across Five Aprils

    by Irene Hunt

    historical fictionwar
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    by Daniel James Brown

    waramerican history
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims

    Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims

    by Clyde Robert Bulla

    biographyamerican history
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    by Maryann N. Weidt

    biographyrace & racism
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of George Washington, man of courage and prayer

    George Washington, man of courage and prayer

    by Norma Cournow Camp

    biographyamerican history
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Voices from the March on Washington

    Voices from the March on Washington

    by George Ella Lyon

    american historyrace & racism
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of The Boys in the Boat

    The Boys in the Boat

    by Daniel James Brown

    historybiography
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    historical fictionchildren's stories
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Freedom in Congo Square

    Freedom in Congo Square

    by Carole Boston Weatherford

    american historyrace & racism
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of George Washington Carver: Inventor and Naturalist

    George Washington Carver: Inventor and Naturalist

    by Sam Wellman

    biographyscience
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    by Michelle Alexander

    race & racismsocial justice
    Recommended8.5
    Cover of Little House in the Big Woods

    Little House in the Big Woods

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    historical fictionchildren's stories
    Recommended8.1
    Cover of The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

    The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

    by W. R. Philbrick

    historical fictionadventure
    Recommended8.0
    Cover of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans)

    Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans)

    by Augusta Stevenson

    biographyamerican history
    Recommended8.0
    Cover of Johnny Tremain

    Johnny Tremain

    by Esther Forbes

    historical fictionamerican history