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American History  — Recommended Reading



Novice Favorites

Recommended for beginners of any age

Book TitleAuthor
America First by Lawton B. Evans
Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston


Anglo-American History

Book TitleAuthor
American History Stories—Volume I by Mara L. Pratt
American History Stories—Volume II by Mara L. Pratt
American History Stories—Volume III. by Mara L. Pratt
American History Stories—Volume IV by Mara L. Pratt
Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Helene A. Guerber
Story of the Great Republic by Helene A. Guerber
This Country of Ours by H. E. Marshall
Historical Tales: 1—American by Charles Morris
Historical Tales: 2—American by Charles Morris
American Book of Golden Deeds by James Baldwin
Conquest of the Old Northwest by James Baldwin
America First by Lawton B. Evans
Stories of the Pilgrims by Margaret B. Pumphrey
Story of Our Constitution by Eva March Tappan
Stories of American Life and Adventure by Edward Eggleston
Twentieth Century Inventions by Charles R. Gibson

Anglo-Biographies

Book TitleAuthor
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston
Builders of our Country Vol. I by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth
Builders of our Country Vol. II by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker McSpadden
Four Great Americans by James Baldwin
Four American Inventors by Frances M. Perry
Four American Patriots by Alma Holman Burton
Heroes of Progress in America by Charles Morris
True Stories of Our Presidents by Charles Morris
Bird Woman—Sacajawea by James Willard Schultz
Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton
Boys' Life of Edison by William Meadowcroft
Story of Theodore Roosevelt by J. Walker McSpadden
Story of Thomas Jefferson by J. Walker McSpadden
Adventures of Chevalier de La Salle by John S. C. Abbott
Kit Carson by John S. C. Abbott
Miles Standish by John S. C. Abbott
Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Ruth Brown MacArthur

American-Indian History

Book TitleAuthor
Indian History for Young Folks by Francis S. Drake
Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known by Oliver Otis Howard
Boys' Book of Indian Warriors by Edwin L. Sabin
Indian Boyhood by Charles A. Eastman
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A. Eastman
Soul of the Indian by Charles A. Eastman
When Buffalo Ran by George Bird Grinnell
Massasoit: A Story of the Indians of New England by Alma Holman Burton
Bird Woman—Sacajawea by James Willard Schultz
Four American Indians by Frances M. Perry
Trails of the Pathfinders by George Bird Grinnell
King Philip by John S. C. Abbott

American-Negro History

Book TitleAuthor
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Short History of the American Negro by Benjamin Brawley
Negro and the Nation by George Merriam
Uncle Remus His Songs and Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris

Spanish-American History

Book TitleAuthor
Famous Missions of California by William H. Hudson
Junipero Serra—the Man and his Work by A. H. Fitch
War with Mexico by Horatio O. Ladd
The War with Spain by Charles Morris

Military History

Book TitleAuthor
Fix Bayonets! by J. W. Thomason
Boys' Book of Indian Warriors by Edwin L. Sabin
Boys' Book of Border Battles by Edwin L. Sabin
Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. Sabin
Into Mexico with General Scott by Edwin L. Sabin
War with Mexico by Horatio O. Ladd
The War with Spain by Charles Morris
Twelve Naval Captains by Molly Elliot Seawell

Legends (American Indian)

Book TitleAuthor
Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell
Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus Macmillan
Red Indian Fairy Book by Frances Jenkins Olcott

Historical Fiction

Book TitleAuthor
Uncle Tom's Cabin Told to the Children by H. E. Marshall
Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Kaler
Ruth of Boston by James Otis Kaler
Stephen of Philadelphia by James Otis Kaler
Peter of New Amsterdam by James Otis Kaler
Hannah of Kentucky by James Otis Kaler
Mary of Plymouth by James Otis Kaler
Martha of California by James Otis Kaler
Philip of Texas by James Otis Kaler
Calvert of Maryland by James Otis Kaler
Benjamin of Ohio by James Otis Kaler
Seth of Colorado by James Otis Kaler
Antione of Oregon by James Otis Kaler
Eskimo Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Puritan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Gold Seeker's of '49 by Edwin L. Sabin
Opening the West with Lewis and Clark by Edwin L. Sabin
With Lieutenant Pike by Edwin L. Sabin
With the Indians in the Rockies by James Willard Schultz
Gold Cache by James Willard Schultz
Man Without a Country by Edward E. Hale

Humorous History

Book TitleAuthor
Comic History of the United States by Bill Nye