Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, once wrote that "History is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." We're sure that you'll agree that history is certainly more than just names, facts, and dates after you've read any of the books in this list.
Unsolved Mysteries of American History: an Eye-Opening Journey through 500 years of Discoveries, Disappearances, and Baffling Events
Paul Aron
Call Number: E179.A75 1997
Unsolved Mysteries of History : an Eye-Opening Investigation into the Most Baffling Events of All Time
Paul Aron
Call Number: D24.A685 2000
Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
Rick Beyer
Call Number: D10.B49 2003
Not So! Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton
Paul F. Boller, Jr.
Call Number: E178.6.B64 1995
Almost History : Close Calls, Plan B's, and Twists of Fate in America's Past
Roger Bruns
Call Number: E179.B92 2000
Rebels, Pretenders & Impostors
Clive Cheesman, Jonathan Williams
Call Number: D107.6.C44 2000
What Ifs? of American History: New Essays by Anthony Beevor, Caleb Carr, Robert Dallek, John Lukacs, Jay Winik, and others
Robert Cowley
Call Number: E179.W535 2003
America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation
Kenneth C. Davis
Call Number: E178.D38 2008
Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Colin Evans
Call Number: D110.5.E83 2001
Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans : Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History
Michael Farquhar
Call Number: E179.F29 2008
You Said What? Lies and Propaganda throughout History
Bill Fawcett
Call Number: CT9980.Y68 2007
10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America
Steven M. Gillon
Call Number: E178.6.G55 2006
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge
Eleanor Herman
Call Number: D107.7.H47 2004
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
Eleanor Herman
Call Number: D107.3.H46 2006
United Symbolism of America: Deciphering Hidden Meanings in America's Most Familiar Art, Architecture, and Logos
Robert Hieronimus, Laura Cortner
Call Number: JC346.H54 2008
History Detectives: Explore Lincoln's Letter, Parker's Sax and Mark Twain's Watch and Many More Mysteries of America's Past
Barb Karg
Call Number: E179.K15 2008
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James W. Loewen
Call Number: E175.85.L64 2007
Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
Bill Manley
Call Number: DT83.S48 2003Q
What Might Have Been: Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History
Andrew Roberts
Call Number: D24.5.W43 2005
Oops : 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes that Shaped America
Martin J. Smith, Patrick J. Kiger
Call Number: E179.S653 2006
Written with Lead; America's Most Famous and Notorious Gunfights from the Revolutionary War to Today
William Weir
Call Number: E179.W43 2003
33 Questions about American History You're Not Supposed to Ask
Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Call Number: E179.W828 2007
