Most importantly, students should choose books in which they are genuinely interested in to further their personal learning journey

The knowledge gained from this reading will enrich your academic vocabulary and provide you with a greater familiarity of topics in U.S. History. Many of these titles are available from the Shafter library, Kern County Public Library and at local booksellers (Russo’s and Barnes and Noble) or online (Half.com, Ebay.com, Amazon.com). Students may also choose to download e-book versions for their Kindle, Nook, or IPAD devices from sites like Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/). Most importantly, students should choose books in which they are genuinely interested in to further their personal learning journey.

–Ms. Loveless

Parents: Some of these selections have mature themes, language and references. Please be aware of what your student is reading and engage them in discussion about the content.

*List is referenced to units of study from our text, The American Pageant, 13^th Edition.

1. 
   1491; New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.
   

2. 
   The Rights of Man³. Thomas Paine Democracy
   
3. 
   The First American; The Life and Times
   

4. Last of the Mohicans. James Fenimore Cooper F- French & Indian War

5. The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne F- Puritan America

6. The Crucible. Arthur Miller F- Salem Witch Trials

7. The Mayflower; A Story of Courage,

Community and Fear. Nathaniel Philbrick Colonization

1. 
   Common Sense^1,2,3. Thomas Paine American Revolution
   
2. 
   A Vindication of the Rights of Women^1,3. Mary Wollstonecraft Women’s Rights
   
3. 
   The Wealth of Nations³. Adam Smith Capitalism
   
4. 
   Miracle At Philadelphia. Catherine Drinker Bowen Constitutional Convention
   
5. 
   The First Salute. Barbara Tuchman American Revolution
   
6. 
   1776. David McCullough American Revolution
   
7. 
   The Founding Brothers. Joseph Ellis American Revolution
   
8. 
   A Necessary Evil. Gary Wills Constitution
   

1. 
   The Book of Mormon¹. Joseph Smith Religion/Mormonism
   
2. 
   The Communist Manifesto^1,3. Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels Economics/Politics
   
3. 
   Leaves of Grass¹. Walt Whitman Transcendentalism/Humanism
   
4. 
   The Federalist². Alexander Hamilton, James Madison Constitution/Bill of Rights
   

5. Democracy in America^3. Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America

6. On Liberty^3. John Stuart Mill Moral and Economic Freedom

7. Moby Dick³. Herman Melville F- Colonial Industry

8. Walden³. Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism

9. The Bible³. Religion

10. Undaunted Courage. Stephen Ambrose Lewis and Clark Expedition

11. John Marshall; Definer of a Nation. Jean Edward Smith John Marshall/Supreme Court

12. John Adams. David McCullough John Adams

13. The Age of Jackson. Arthur Schlesinger Andrew Jackson

1. 
   Uncle Tom’s Cabin^1,2,3. Harriet Beecher Stowe F- Slavery/Abolition
   
2. 
   Life of an American Slave¹. Frederick Douglass Autobiography
   
3. 
   The Ecclectic Reader². William Holmes McGuffey Public Education
   
4. 
   11. The Age of Gold; The California Gold Rush
   

5. 
   Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Dee Brown F- Native Americans
   
6. 
   Nothing Like it In the World. Stephen Ambrose Railroads
   
7. 
   Battle Cry Freedom. James McPherson Civil War
   
8. 
   With Malice Toward None. Stephen B. Oates Abraham Lincoln/Civil War
   
9. 
   The Impending Crisis. David M. Potter Civil War
   
10. 
    Lincoln’s Constitution. Daniel Farber. Civil War/Secession/Constitution
    
11. 
    A Short History of Reconstruction. Eric Foner Reconstruction
    

1. 
   The Jungle^1,2. Upton Sinclair F- Urbanization/Immigrants
   
2. 
   The Interpretation of Dreams¹. Sigmund Freud Psychology
   
3. 
   The Influence of Sea Power on History². Military Power
   

4. 
   Go Tell it On the Mountain. James Baldwin F- Black Migration
   
5. 
   Twenty Years at Hull House. Jane Addams Progressivism
   
6. 
   The Souls of Black Folk. W.E.B. BuBois Progressives/Race Relations
   
7. 
   Women and the New Race. Margaret Sanger Progressivism/Feminism
   
8. 
   The Robber Barons. Matthew Jospheson Railroads/Industrialism
   

1. 
   Atlas Shrugged¹. Ayn Rand F- Capitalism
   
2. 
   The Grapes of Wrath¹. John Steinbeck F- Great Depression
   
3. 
   The Clansmen¹. Thomas Dixon Jr. F- Radical Racism
   
4. 
   The General Theory of Employment, Interest & Money¹.
   

5. 
   Brave New World³. Aldous Huxley F- Effect of Technology
   
6. 
   A Room of One’s Own³. Virginia Woolf F- Feminism
   
7. 
   The Meaning of Relativity³. Albert Einstein Physics
   
8. 
   D-Day. Stephen Ambrose World War II
   
9. 
   Farewell to Manzanar. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Japanese Internment
   
10. 
    Guns of August. Barbara Tuchman World War I
    
11. 
    The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald F- 1920’s
    
12. 
    TR: The Last Romantic. H.W. Brands Teddy Roosevelt
    
13. 
    The Worst Hard Time. Timothy Egan Dust Bowl/Depression
    

1. Invisible Man^1,2. Ralph Ellison F- Post WWII/ Race Relations

2. All the President’s Men¹. Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward Watergate Scandal

3. Silent Spring^1,2. Rachel Carson Environment

4. The Feminine Mystique^1,2. Betty Friedan Women’s Movement

5. The Autobiography of Malcolm X¹. Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley Race Relations

6. Howl¹. Allen Ginsburg F- Counterculture

7. On Death and Dying¹. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Hospice & Health Care

8. The Conscience of A Conservative². Barry Goldwater Conservatism

9. The Qur’An³. Religion

10. The Best and the Brightest. David Halberstam Vietnam

11. Profiles in Courage. John F. Kennedy American History

12. A Bright Shining Lie. Neil Sheehan Vietnam

13. Shadow. Bob Woodward Post-Watergate Presidencies

14. On the Road. Jack Kerouac F- Conformity/1950’s

15. The March of Folly. Barbara Tuchman Vietnam/War Decisions

*Any titles by Daniel J. Boostin, Howard Zinn, Barbara Tuchman, Eric Foner, Edmund S. Morgan, Arthur Schlesinger, Stephen Ambrose, David McCulluogh, Charles C. Mann.

Review Unit- M/C. DBQ and FRQ practice; Chapters 1-42

1. 
   Lies My Teacher Told Me. James W. Loewen General History
   
2. 
   Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of General History
   

4. A People’s History of the United States. Howard Zinn General History

1. 
   Book Magazine’s “20 Books that Changed America.” ABC-News, 2006.
   
2. 
   Richmond-Times Dispatch “10 Books that Changed American History.” 2010.
   
3. 
   Online Education Database’s “50 Books that Changed the World.” 2010.