DAR Nonfiction November 2022 - hosted by pondering_books

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The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The Everglades: River of Grass

Marjory Stoneman Douglas with Robert Fink

nonfiction history nature science reflective slow-paced

480 pages | first published 1947

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced

464 pages

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

512 pages | first published 2001

The Jamestown Brides: The untold story of England's 'maids for Virginia' by Jennifer Potter

The Jamestown Brides: The untold story of England's 'maids for Virginia'

Jennifer Potter

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

384 pages

American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante

American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans

Eve LaPlante

nonfiction autobiography biography historical reflective slow-paced

312 pages

A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons

Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced

304 pages | first published 2012

She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative fast-paced

176 pages | first published 2019

American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch

American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

Nina Sankovitch

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced

416 pages | first published 2020

Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt: The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones by Nancy Carpenter, Carrie Clickard

Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt: The True Story of the Quest for America's Biggest Bones

Nancy Carpenter, Carrie Clickard

nonfiction childrens history informative medium-paced

40 pages | first published 2019

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Martha Brockenbrough

nonfiction biography historical history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

384 pages | first published 2017