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[[File:William_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|600px200px|[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393354172/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393354172&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=81295514a40b96f1c49585a7daf32ddc The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire]]]
It can sometimes be difficult to find the right gift for your history loving friend or spouse. Hopefully, we can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers.
While Kurt Andersen is not an historian, he has written book an exhaustively researched book explaining why Americans repeatedly get hoodwinked by conspiracy theories. He argues that fantasy is embedded deeply into our national character. Throughout our history, the United States has been a country of conmen, hucksters and hustlers. While Americans like to think of ourselves as the inheritors of the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, we probably have more in common with the hustler who conned them out of their horse.
[[File:American_Girls_in_Red_Russia.jpg|left|200px|thumbnail|<i>[http://%5Bhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022625612X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=022625612X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e01fa1d4d9850dc7cf8fd83ab90f20e6%20American%20Girls%20in%20Russia:%20Chasing%20the%20Soviet%20Dream%5D American Girls in Red Russia]</i> - Julia Mickenberg]]
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022625612X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=022625612X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e01fa1d4d9850dc7cf8fd83ab90f20e6 American Girls in Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream]</i> by Julia Mickenberg (University of Chicago Press, 2017)
<i>American Girls </i> explores the history of the American women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, revolution, work and a new life. After they moved to Russia they found challenges and hardships. Many were disturbed by both the conditions of the country and the treatment of people by the new government. <i>American Girls in Russia</i> explores the stories of these women and provides a glimpse into both their lives and the conditions in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. Check out our interview with [[American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg|Julia Mickenberg]].
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300227116/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300227116&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a4c02f60c8b74e494b5afa868d9ed27c The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition]</i> by Manisha Sinha (Yale University Press, 2017)
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820351350/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0820351350&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e16b0711659393b07425fc59d41a96bc Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology]</i> by Deirdre Cooper Owens, (University of Georgia Press, 2017)
Owens explores the development of American Gynecology. To put it mildly, the history of American Gynecology has an extraordinary dark side. The pioneers of gynecology performed experimental surgeries and procedures on poor African American and Irish women without there consent. Owens has written a thoughtful and insightful history that reexamines these figures and their actions.
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385534248/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385534248&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=d988a1b43fa3a7294ee035de2d745387 Killers of the Flower Moon:The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI]</i> by David Grann (Doubleday, 2017)
Grann's book shows how a series of mysterious series murders in the Osage community in Oklahoma made it possible for an ambitious J. Edgar Hoover to increase the prestige, influence and power of the FBI while it was still in its infancy. <i>The Osage Murders</i> examines the two dozen brutal murders and how the community's newfound wealth lead to these homicides. This is non-fiction that reads like a detective novel.
<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143034758/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143034758&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=34b6fe5db1b92231f1247465f25737d4 Alexander Hamilton]</i> by Ron Chernow (Penguin Books, 2005)
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# [[American Civil War Biographies Top Ten Booklist]]
# [[American Civil War Biographies Battles Top Ten Booklist]]
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In an ideal world, paper books are the best solution, but the Paperwhite is solid device for reading books and it's great for travel. Amazon has Kindles that range in price from $79.99 to $249.99. The Paperwhite at $119.99 is a great deal. It has more than enough storage and a great screen. That makes it hard to recommend the more expensive models.
[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005LM0R/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00005LM0R&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=b499ee9a6cacd5f3ebdea3691a6f7ea9 Bodum Chambord French Press]
Reading a great book while drinking coffee can a be a glorious experience. There are currently 1001 ways to make coffee, but if you like rich, strong coffee - get a French press. It consistently makes the best coffee. Admittedly, it takes slightly longer then popping a pouch or pod into a coffee machine because you have to boil some water and then let the coffee steep for 3 minutes. But these tasks require very little oversight and you can do them while you put your breakfast together. There are a ton of great French presses. This one has the benefit of both holding 3 cups of coffee and being relatively inexpensive. As long as your not a klutz, it will last forever. If you are clumsy, get a French press made out of stainless steel. Think of it as a klutz tax. You can also find great single serving French presses.
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