Originally Posted by humancongereel
history's a good subject. let me know about good ones. i don't like dry books about dates and numbers...history is a very human thing, and any book that can effectively communicate that is so good in my eyes...
Here you go:
My recomendations:
Arc of Justice - Boyle (Black family in detroit durring the 20's, it was totally riveting).
Philbrick (Mayflower, In the Heart of the Sea)
Ellis (American Sphinx, His Excelency, etc)
McCullough (Mornings on Horseback, Johnstown Flood, Truman, Adams, etc)
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
Up next on my list are:
A People's History of the United States - Zinn
The Worst Hard Time - Egan (Dustbowl)
Paine - Rights of Man and Common Sense
I am currently reading Streetcar Suburbs, which has thusfar proved rather uninteresting, which is disapointing because it could have been really cool (it is about how streetcars affected the population increase of Boston and it is supposed to talk about the laying of the lines and how they followed