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Notorious American History

Historical truths better than fiction.

There's more to America than just baseball and apple pie. This collection of books explores the scandals, conspiracies, assassinations, and tragedies that have left an indelible mark on our country's history, exposing the dark side of the American Dream.

Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Author: Erik Larson Read an excerpt of this book!
Title: The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West, Author: Jeff Guinn Read an excerpt of this book!
Title: Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot, Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard Read an excerpt of this book!

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Title: When General Grant Expelled the Jews, Author: Jonathan D. Sarna
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by Jonathan D. Sarna
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Title: The Secrets of the FBI, Author: Ronald Kessler
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The Secrets of the FBI
by Ronald Kessler
Paperback $17.00
Title: The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth, Author: Matthew Algeo
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by Matthew Algeo
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Title: The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century, Author: Scott Miller
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by Scott Miller
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Title: The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars, Author: Paul Collins
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by Paul Collins
Paperback $23.00
Title: The Mormon War: Zion and the Missouri Extermination Order of 1838, Author: Brandon G. Kinney
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by Brandon G. Kinney
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Title: The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia, Author: Edward Steers Jr.
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by Edward Steers Jr.
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Title: The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American Family, Author: Charles Lachman
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by Charles Lachman
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Title: The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt's Flight from the Gallows, Author: Andrew C A Jampoler
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by Andrew C A Jampoler
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Title: The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West, Author: Jeff Guinn
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by Jeff Guinn
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Title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Author: Erik Larson
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by Erik Larson
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Title: The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man, Author: David Maurer
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The Big Con: The Story of the…
by David Maurer, Luc Sante (Introduction)
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Title: The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln, Author: Kate Clifford Larson
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by Kate Clifford Larson
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Title: Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Author: Pamela Newkirk
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by Pamela Newkirk
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Title: Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy, Author: Paul Hendrickson
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by Paul Hendrickson
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Title: Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston, Author: Gerard O'Neill
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by Gerard O'Neill
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Title: Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From the Oval Office, Author: Brian Abrams
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Party Like a President: True…
by Brian Abrams, John Mathias (Illustrator)
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Title: Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed, Author: Stephen O'Connor
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by Stephen O'Connor
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Title: Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War, Author: Tony Horwitz
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by Tony Horwitz
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Title: Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot, Author: Bill O'Reilly
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by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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