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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0amandamethot's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

340 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0amandamethot's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

Candacy Taylor

360 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0amandamethot's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry

410 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0amandamethot's review
nonfiction history memoir reflective medium-paced
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

428 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0amandamethot's review
nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced