The Early Republic
An American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown, 1781–1783 by William M. Fowler Jr.
Shays’s Rebellion: The American Revolution’s Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman
James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation by Jeff Broadwater
The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties by Carol Berkin
Jay Treaty: Political Battleground of the Founding Fathers by Jerald A. Combs
The Deadlocked Election of 1800: Jefferson, Buurr, and the Union in the Balance by James Roger Sharp
The New Republic: The United States of America 1789–1815 by Reginald Horsman
America’s First Crisis: The War of 1812 by Robert P. Watson
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence by A. J. Langguth
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H. W. Brands
Wolf by the Ears: The Missouri Crisis, 1819–1821 by John R. Van Atta
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants by H. W. Brands
A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Arnold A. Rogow