During the school year I will make references to many of the books on the list. The list will continue to grow. If you have any recommendations please let me know (I LOVE TO READ).

 

 

 

 

1.  A People’s History of the United States 1492-Present –Howard Zinn (here is a link to view a digital copy of the book, but a hard copy is better to have in order to take notes: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html )

1A- The American Political Tradition – Richard Hofstadter
2.  Confessions of An Economic Hit Man –John Perkins

3.  The Secret History of The American Empire – John Perkins

4.  The Cold War: A New History – John Lewis Gaddis

5.  A Nation Among Nations – Thomas Bender

6.  Iron Cages – Ronald Takaki

7.   Night –Elie Wiesel

8.   Half Slave and Half Free –Bruce Levine

9.   America In The Gilded Age –Sean Cashman

10.  A Short History of Reconstruction – Eric Foner

11.  My Gender Workbook – Kate Barnstein

12.  A Democracy At War – William O’Neill

13.  Behind Enemy Lines- Andrew Carroll

14.  War Letters – Andrew Carroll

15.  A Child Called It- David Pelzer

16.  The Lost Boy - David Pelzer

17.  A Man Named Dave - David Pelzer

18.  The Privilege of Youth- David Pelzer

19.  Theodore Rex- Edmund Morris

20.  The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros

21.  Silent Dancing – Judith Coffer

22.  John F. Kennedy on Leadership – John Barnes

23. The Smartest Kids In The World: and how they got that way - Amanda Ripley

24. The Stranger