US History

Last Updated: August 29, 2025

The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties by Dennis McNally

A definitive social history of everything that led up to the 1960s counterculture movement.

Angelica: For love and Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly Beer

Through the extraordinary life of Angelica Schuyler Church, a politically astute and socially influential figure, this story reveals how women shaped early American history through diplomacy, personal networks and a strategic presence in key revolutionary moments.

Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II by Robert Edsel with Bret Witter

In this rich, dramatic, and suspenseful story, Edsel captures both the horrors of war and the transcendent power of gratitude, showing the extraordinary measures the Dutch have taken to thank their liberators. Remember Us is exactly the book we need–a reminder that grief is universal, that humanity knows no national or racial boundaries, and that we all want to be remembered, somehow, someway, by somebody.

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools by Mary Annette Pember

A sweeping and trenchant exploration of the history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., and the legacy of abuse wrought by systemic attempts to use education as a tool through which to destroy Native culture.

The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner by Douglas Waller

An intimate and expertly-researched biography of Frank Wisner, the father of CIA Black Ops, telling the story of his exciting intelligence escapades as well as his lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder.

Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom by Rebecca Grant

In Access, we meet a cast of brave, bold, and unforgettable women: the founders of the Jane Collective, a group of anonymous providers working clandestinely between Chicago apartments to perform abortions in the pre-Roe years; the originators and leaders of the abortion fund movement.

Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America by Scott Ellsworth

Told with a page-turning pace and eye-opening cast of characters, Ellsworth sets out to correct a pivotal moment of American history that we have gotten completely wrong–until now. In Midnight on the Potomac, Scott Ellsworth rewrites history, arguing that the two events were in fact connected and that Lincolns’ assassination was likely ordered by leaders of the Confederate Army.