*Dark Horse: the Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield* by Kenneth D. Ackerman.
*Banking Panics of the Gilded Age* by Elmus Wicker.
*Democracy in Desperation: The Depression of 1893* by Douglas Steeples.
*The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street: Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the Erie Railway Wars* by John Steele Gordon.
*Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History* by S. C. Gwynne.
*Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* by Dee Brown.
*Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane* by Erik Larson.
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Only covers one aspect of it, but The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough is excellent. Covers not only the flood but how rich people wanting a private resort cut corners that significantly contributed to the disaster.
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*Dark Horse: the Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield* by Kenneth D. Ackerman.
*Banking Panics of the Gilded Age* by Elmus Wicker.
*Democracy in Desperation: The Depression of 1893* by Douglas Steeples.
*The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street: Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the Erie Railway Wars* by John Steele Gordon.
*Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History* by S. C. Gwynne.
*Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* by Dee Brown.
*Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane* by Erik Larson.
Only covers one aspect of it, but The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough is excellent. Covers not only the flood but how rich people wanting a private resort cut corners that significantly contributed to the disaster.