I'll keep this one broad. Could you recommend to me a well written history book focused on an individual or a group of people and their story. I'm looking for something that is more focused on the story, and is a gripping read, as well as being largely historical.
by dopplemister
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John Muir: Rediscovering America by Frederick Turner
· *In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex* by Nathaniel Philbrick.
· *Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West* by Stephen Ambrose.
*Black against empire* by Bloom and Martin
The Last Aloha by Gaellen Quinn.
The Black Count by Tom Reiss.
Defiance by Nechama Tec
The Day the World Csmr to Towm–Jim LaFede