[nonliberal]

Willard Sterne Randall is factually very good but his stuff reads like a high school term paper. Ron Chernow's bio of Alexander Hamilton was amazing. Thomas Fleming has some great stuff too.

H.W. Brands' newest book on Jackson is great. I am just finishing off William C. Davis' "The Pirates Lafitte" about the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1800s. Davis is primarily a southern historian. His book on Jefferson Davis is definitive.

Civil War: Stephen W. Sears
Early America: Joseph Ellis (a few Freepers might disagree on that one but I enjoy his books)
Jackson-era: Robert Remini
General American History: Paul Johnson "A History of the American People."

[LS]

Ellis is excellent, despite his personal lies about his career.

I'd strongly recommend both of my books, "A Patriot's History of the United States," and my recent book, "America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror."

[uncitizen]

Can you recommend a good book(s) about the Reconstruction Period?

[Neoliberalnot]

Thank you all for the excellent suggestions. How do I post to more than one person? What is the mechanism?