Book Gift Ideas for History Buffs (pg. 2)

Book Gift Ideas for History Buffs [SHOWING SLIDE 2 OF 10]

2013 was a great year for history books; for the loved one on your list who’d rather be deep in the narrative of an earlier age, check out this week’s list of good gift ideas for history buffs.

OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR by Richard R. Beeman

OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR: THE FORGING OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1774-1776

by Richard R. Beeman

"A welcome addition to a rich, indispensable field of scholarly study."

To create this lively study of the main players of the two Continental Congresses, Beeman (History/Univ. of Pennsylvania) draws on his wealth of research from his previous, award-winning works, Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution (2009) and Patrick Henry (1974). Read full book review >

JFK'S LAST HUNDRED DAYS by Thurston Clarke

THE BULLY PULPIT by Doris Kearns Goodwin

A HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN THIRTY-SIX POSTAGE STAMPS by Chris West