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The Atlas of the Civil War (Non-Fiction) was the most recently released book by James M. McPherson, on June 21st, 2022.

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James M. McPherson Stats: The highest rated book by James M. McPherson on Book Notification is Battle Cry of Freedom, the first novel in The Oxford History of the United States series.

The most read book by James M. McPherson on Book Notification is Battle Cry of Freedom, the first novel in The Oxford History of the United States series. The second most read book is Tried by War, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of James M. McPherson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by James M. McPherson is The Oxford History of the United States Series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

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1
Fields of Fury
2002
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2
Into the West
2006
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are Tried by War, For Cause and Comrades, and Embattled Rebel.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Co. Aytch (With: Sam R. Watkins)
1882
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2
The Struggle for Equality
1964
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3
10
The Negro's Civil War
1965
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4
Blacks in America
1972
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5
The Abolitionist Legacy
1976
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6
Region, Race and Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of C. Vann Woodward
1982
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7
Ordeal by Fire, Vol 1, The Coming of War
1988
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8
Ordeal by Fire, Vol 3
1988
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9
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War 1864
1990
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10
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War 1865
1990
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11
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War 1863
1990
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12
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War: Biographies and Index
1990
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13
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War 1862 (With: Richard Gottlieb)
1990
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14
8
Ordeal by Fire
1991
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15
Battle Chronicles of the Civil War 1861
1991
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16
Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
1992
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17
Images of the Civil War
1992
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18
Gettysburg: The Paintings of Mort Kunstler
1993
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19
The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America (With: John Rhodehamel)
1993
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20
8
What They Fought for, 1861-1865
1994
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21
Marching Toward Freedom
1994
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22
8
Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War
1996
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23
For Cause and Comrades
1997
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24
Lamson of the Gettysburg (With: Patricia R. McPherson)
1997
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25
Is Blood Thicker Than Water? Crises of Nationalism in the Modern World
1998
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26
Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand
1998
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27
Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies
2000
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28
Ordeal by Fire, Vol 2, The Civil War
2000
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29
Days of Destiny: Crossroads in American History
2001
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30
Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History (With: David J. Eicher, Lee Vande)
2003
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31
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War (With: Aaron Sheehan-Dean)
2006
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32
8
Tried by War
2008
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33
The Civil War
2009
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34
Abraham Lincoln
2009
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35
Hallowed Ground
2009
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36
8
This Mighty Scourge
2009
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37
Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
2011
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38
Embattled Rebel
2014
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39
The War That Forged a Nation
2017
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The Atlas of the Civil War
2022
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List of Littlefield History of the Civil War Era Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Littlefield History of the Civil War Era books are God's Almost Chosen Peoples, War on the Waters, and The Women's Fight.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Disunion! (By: Elizabeth R. Varon)
2008
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2
Blue and Gray Diplomacy (By: Howard Jones)
2010
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3
God's Almost Chosen Peoples (By: George C. Rable)
2010
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4
The Civil War in the West (By: Earl J. Hess)
2012
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5
War on the Waters
2012
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6
Remembering the Civil War (By: Caroline E. Janney)
2013
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7
With Malice toward Some (By: William A. Blair)
2014
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8
The War for the Common Soldier (By: Peter S. Carmichael)
2018
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9
The Women's Fight (By: Thavolia Glymph)
2019
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List of The Oxford History of the United States Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top The Oxford History of the United States books are Battle Cry of Freedom, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, and What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The American People in the Great Depression: Freedom from Fear, Part One (By: David M. Kennedy)
1973
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2
7
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (By: Robert Middlekauff)
1982
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3
9.4
Battle Cry of Freedom
1988
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4
10
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (By: James T. Patterson)
1996
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5
10
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (By: David M. Kennedy)
1999
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6
The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear, Part Two (By: David M. Kennedy)
2003
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7
10
Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore (By: James T. Patterson)
2005
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8
8.7
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848 (By: Daniel Walker Howe)
2007
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9
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 (By: George C. Herring)
2008
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10
10
Empire of Liberty ( By: Gordon S. Wood)
2009
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11
The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014 (By: George C. Herring)
2015
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12
Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 (By: George C. Herring)
2015
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13
The Republic for Which It Stands (By: Richard White)
2017
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14
Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000-1680 (By: Peter C. Mancall)
2026
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List of R. E. Lee: A Biography Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. 1 (By: Douglas Southall Freeman)
1934
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2
Lee (With: Richard Harwell, Douglas Southall Freeman)
1935
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3
R. E. Lee: A Biography Volume III (By: Douglas Southall Freeman)
1935
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List of Cengage Advantage Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Cengage Advantage Books books are The Enduring Vision, Introductory Musicianship, and Bioethics in a Cultural Context.

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1
This is PR (By: Doug Newsom, Judy Turk, Dean Kruckeberg)
1976
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2
Understanding Arguments (By: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Robert J. Fogelin)
1978
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3
A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (By: William Duckworth)
1981
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4
Introduction to Sociology (By: Henry L. Tischler)
1983
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5
Introductory Musicianship (By: Theodore A. Lynn)
1984
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6
Making America, Volume 2 Since 1865 (By: Robert W. Cherny, Carol Berkin, James Gormly)
1994
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7
Voyage of Discovery (By: William F. Lawhead)
1995
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8
Making America, Volume 1 To 1877 (By: Robert W. Cherny, Carol Berkin, James Gormly)
1995
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9
Liberty, Equality, Power (With: Pekka Hämäläinen, John M. Murrin, Paul E. Johnson, Denver Brunsman)
1996
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10
Liberty, Equality, Power: Volume 2 (With: Pekka Hämäläinen, John M. Murrin, Paul E. Johnson, Denver Brunsman)
1997
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11
Analyzing Politics (By: Ellen Grigsby)
1998
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12
Understanding Humans (By: Robert Jurmain, Barry Lewis, Lynn Kilgore)
2008
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13
Bioethics in a Cultural Context (By: Vincent E. Barry)
2011
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14
The Enduring Vision (By: Paul S. Boyer)
2014
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15
Business Law (By: Roger LeRoy Miller)
2014
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16
The Enduring Vision (By: Neal Salisbury, Paul S. Boyer, Karen Halttunen, Clifford E. Clark Jr., Joseph F. Kett)
2014
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17
Understanding Arguments, Concise Edition (By: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Robert J. Fogelin)
2014
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List of American Heritage History Books in Publication Order

Presents vivid accounts of America's history through compelling narratives and historic images.

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1
American Heritage History of the Pioneers (By: Richard M. Ketchum)
1959
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2
The American Heritage New History of the Civil War
1960
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3
American Heritage History of World War I (By: S.L.A. Marshall)
1964
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4
The American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places (By: Richard M. Ketchum)
1973
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5
The American Heritage: Short History Of The Civil War (By: Bruce Catton)
1978
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6
Bruce Catton's America: Selections From His Greatest Works (By: Bruce Catton)
1979
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7
American Heritage History of the United States (By: Douglas Brinkley)
1998
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8
American Heritage History of the Presidents (By: Michael R. Beschloss)
2000
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9
American Heritage History of the Great West (By: David Lavender)
2014
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10
American Heritage History of Young America: 1783-1860 (By: Francis Russell)
2015
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11
American Heritage History of the American People (By: Bernard A. Weisberger)
2015
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12
American Heritage History of the Indian Wars (By: Robert M. Utley)
2015
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13
Eyewitness to History: World War II (By: Stephen W. Sears)
2015
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14
American Heritage History of American Business (By: Alex Groner)
2016
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15
7
American Heritage History of Early America (By: Robert G. Ahearn)
2016
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16
American Heritage History of the Presidents Washington to Van Buren (By: Bruce Catton)
2016
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17
The Erie Canal (By: Ralph K. Andrist)
2016
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18
American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 (By: Francis Russell)
2016
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19
American Heritage History of Mexico (By: Henry Bamford Parkes)
2017
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20
Southwest Virginia Civil Rights Leader Nannie Berger Hairston: An Oral History (By: Sheree Scarborough)
2025
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21
South Carolina's Matilda Evans: A Medical Pioneer (By: Dr. Walter B. Curry Jr. EdD)
2025
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List of Princeton Classics Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Princeton Classics books are How Propaganda Works, The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, and Addiction by Design.

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1
The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature (By: José Ortega y Gasset)
1925
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2
Medieval Cities (By: Henri Pirenne)
1925
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3
The Coming of the French Revolution (By: Georges Lefebvre, R.R. Palmer, Timothy Tackett)
1939
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4
Twelve Who Ruled (By: R.R. Palmer, Isser Woloch)
1941
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5
Only Yesterday (By: Barbara Harshav, Adam Kirsch, S.Y. Agnon, Benjamin Harshav)
1945
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6
Anatomy of Criticism (By: Northrop Frye, David Damrosch)
1957
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7
Politics and Vision (By: Wendy Brown)
1960
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8
The Age of the Democratic Revolution (By: David Armitage, R.R. Palmer)
1964
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9
The Passions and the Interests (By: Albert O. Hirschman)
1977
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10
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (By: Richard M. Rorty)
1979
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11
The Jews of Islam (By: Bernard Lewis)
1983
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12
Leviathan and the Air-Pump (By: Steven Shapin)
1985
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13
The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales (By: Maria Tatar)
1987
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14
Origins of the Kabbalah (By: Gershom Scholem, Allan Arkush)
1987
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15
The Formation of Christendom (By: Judith Herrin)
1987
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16
The Therapy of Desire (By: Martha C. Nussbaum)
1994
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17
States of Injury (By: Wendy Brown)
1995
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18
Hamlet in Purgatory (By: Stephen Greenblatt)
2001
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19
Evil in Modern Thought (By: Susan Neiman)
2002
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20
The Ethics of Identity (By: Kwame Anthony Appiah)
2005
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21
On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State (By: Charles Tilly, William Chester Jordan, Joseph R. Strayer)
2011
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22
Addiction by Design (By: Natasha Dow Schüll)
2012
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23
Mimesis ( By: Erich Auerbach)
2013
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24
Nietzsche (By: Walter Kaufmann, Alexander Nehamas)
2013
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25
The Struggle for Equality
2014
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26
8
How Propaganda Works (By: Jason F. Stanley)
2015
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27
Racism (By: George M. Fredrickson, Albert Camarillo)
2015
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28
The King's Two Bodies (By: William Chester Jordan, Ernst H. Kantorowicz, Conrad Leyser)
2016
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29
The Machiavellian Moment (By: Richard Whatmore, J.G.A. Pocock)
2016
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30
The Tao of Architecture (By: Amos Ih Tiao Chang, David Wang)
2017
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31
The Rhetorical Presidency (By: Russell Muirhead, Jeffrey K. Tulis)
2017
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32
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization (By: Heinrich Robert Zimmer)
2018
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33
The Children of Abraham (By: F. Peters)
2018
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34
Zen and Japanese Culture (By: D.T. Suzuki, Richard M. Jaffe)
2019
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35
From Caligari to Hitler (By: Siegfried Kracauer, Leonardo Quaresima)
2019
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36
Lectures on Shakespeare (By: W.H. Auden, Arthur C. Kirsch)
2019
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37
The Muqaddimah (By: Bruce B. Lawrence, Ibn Khaldun, N.J. Dawood, Franz Rosenthal)
2020
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38
After the End of Art (By: Arthur C. Danto)
2021
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39
Passionate Enlightenment (By: Miranda Shaw)
2022
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40
Russia Leaves the War (By: Frank Costigliola, George F. Kennan)
2023
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41
Shamanism (By: Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade)
2024
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42
Truth and Truthfulness (By: Bernard Williams)
2025
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The Global City (By: Saskia Sassen)
2025
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Fearful Symmetry (By: Nicholas Halmi, Northrop Frye)
2025
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List of Pivotal Moments in American History Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Pivotal Moments in American History books are The Battle of Midway , Crossroads of Freedom, and Washington's Crossing .

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1
New Worlds for All (By: Colin G. Calloway)
1997
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2
Brown v. Board of Education (By: James T. Patterson)
2001
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3
Crossroads of Freedom
2002
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4
Rainbow's End (By: Maury Klein)
2003
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5
All Shook Up (By: Glenn C Altschuler)
2003
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6
Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (By: Joel H. Silbey)
2005
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7
Storm over Texas (By: Joel H. Silbey)
2005
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8
Freedom Riders (By: Raymond Arsenault)
2006
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9
9
Washington's Crossing (By: David Hackett Fischer)
2006
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10
The Scratch of a Pen (By: Colin G. Calloway)
2006
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11
James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (By: Richard Labunski)
2006
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12
Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement (By: Sally G. McMillen)
2008
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13
The Bay of Pigs (By: Howard Jones)
2008
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14
The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 (By: Lynn Hudson Parsons)
2009
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15
The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (By: Elliott West)
2009
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The Birth of Modern Politics (By: Lynn Hudson Parsons)
2009
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17
The GI Bill (By: Glenn C Altschuler)
2009
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18
Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement (By: Sally G. McMillen)
2009
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19
As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution (By: Richard Archer)
2009
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20
As If an Enemy's Country (By: Richard Archer)
2009
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21
The Flight of the Century (By: Thomas Kessner)
2010
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22
The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh & the Rise of American Aviation (By: Thomas Kessner)
2010
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23
The Dogs of War (By: Emory M. Thomas)
2011
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24
The Last Indian War (By: Elliott West)
2011
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25
The Battle of Midway (By: Craig L. Symonds)
2011
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26
Roosevelt's Second Act (By: Richard Moe)
2013
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27
A Storm of Witchcraft (By: Emerson W. Baker)
2014
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28
Lincoln's Last Speech (By: Louis P. Masur)
2015
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29
Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution (By: David L. Preston)
2015
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30
Braddock's Defeat (By: David L. Preston)
2015
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31
My Lai (By: Howard Jones)
2017
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32
Unconditional (By: Marc S. Gallicchio)
2020
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33
The Compleat Victory (By: Kevin J. Weddle)
2021
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The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution (By: Kevin J. Weddle)
2021
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List of James M. McPherson Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
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What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
1999
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Lincoln Lessons: Reflections on America's Greatest Leader
2009
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3
Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney
2013
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On War: The Best Military Histories
2013
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James M. McPherson

James M. McPherson was born on October 11th, 1936 and is currently 89 years old. James M. McPherson was born in Valley City, North Dakota.

James M. McPherson has written 40 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1882 with the book Co. Aytch. The most recently released was The Atlas of the Civil War which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by James at this time.

James M. McPherson has also written the Cengage Advantage Books series which has 17 books including This is PR and Understanding Arguments.

James M. McPherson: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Battle Cry of Freedom was a The Independent: Books of the Decade (1980s) Selection in 1989.

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James M. McPherson: F.A.Q

When was James M. McPherson Born? How old is James M. McPherson?

James M. McPherson was born on October 11th, 1936. James M. McPherson is currently 89 years old.

Where was James M. McPherson Born?

James M. McPherson was born in Valley City, North Dakota.

What was the first book James M. McPherson wrote?

The first book written by James M. McPherson was Co. Aytch, published in 1882.

What was the most recent book James M. McPherson wrote?

His most recently released work was The Atlas of the Civil War on June 21st, 2022.

What is the most popular book by James M. McPherson?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular James M. McPherson book is Battle Cry of Freedom. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Battle Cry of Freedom (9.43)
  2. Tried by War (8)
  3. This Mighty Scourge (8)
  4. Ordeal by Fire (8)
  5. Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War (8)

Are there upcoming new books by James M. McPherson?

James M. McPherson does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has James M. McPherson written?

James M. McPherson has written 50 books across 13 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 2 Standalone Novels
  • 40 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Littlefield History of the Civil War Era Series
  • 1 book in The Oxford History of the United States Series
  • 1 book in the R. E. Lee: A Biography Series
  • 2 books in the Cengage Advantage Books Series
  • 1 book in the American Heritage History Series
  • 1 book in the Princeton Classics Series
  • 1 book in the Pivotal Moments in American History Series

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