To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul

A searing, soaring lament to our better angels.

American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860

A broad, beneficent examination of the six decades before the Civil War.

Half American

By Matthew F. Delmont

Half American

Unheralded patriots finally get their due.

Transplant: A Memoir

By Bernardine Watson

Transplant: A Memoir

A poignant account of enduring kidney disease while Black.

Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

An absorbing look at the brave soldier who rejected the original “Big Lie.”

Listen, World!

By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert

Listen, World!

Meet an early-20th-century feminist who blazed her own trail.