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H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands taught at Texas A&M University for sixteen years before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History. His books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and... show more

H.W. Brands taught at Texas A&M University for sixteen years before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History. His books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and TR. Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
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H.W. Brands's Books
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin - H.W. Brands Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - H.W. Brands Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times - H.W. Brands The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream - H.W. Brands T.R.: The Last Romantic - H.W. Brands Reagan: The Life - H.W. Brands American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 - H.W. Brands The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age - H.W. Brands The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War - H.W. Brands Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - and Changed America - H.W. Brands American Stories, Volume 2: A History of the United States - H.W. Brands, T.H. Breen, R. Hal Williams Woodrow Wilson - H.W. Brands, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr - H.W. Bran... The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr - H.W. Brands, Chris Sorensen What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy - H.W. Brands The General vs. the President: MacArthur... The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War - H. W. Brands America Past and Present, Brief Edition,... America Past and Present, Brief Edition, Volume I Value Package (Includes Myhistorylab Coursecompass with E-Book Student Access for Amer Hist - Longman (1-Sem for Vol. I & II) ) - Pearson, T.H. Breen, George M. Fredrickson, R. Hal Williams, Ariela J. Gross, Randy Roberts, H.W. Brands The American Story, Penguin Academics Se... The American Story, Penguin Academics Series, Combined Volume (5th Edition) - Robert A. Divine, T.H. Breen, R. Hal Williams, Ariela J. Gross, H.W. Brands Voices of America Past and Present, Volume I - Longman, Robert A. Divine, Randy Roberts, H.W. Brands, George M. Fredrickson, R. Hal Williams, Ariela J. Gross, T.H. Breen REVEL for American Stories: A History of... REVEL for American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined -- Access Card (4th Edition) (What's New in History) - H. W. Brands, T. H. Breen, Ariela J. Gross, R. Hal Williams The American Story: Volume 1 (Penguin Academics Series) (4th Edition) - Robert Divine, H.W. Brands, R. Williams, Ariela J. Gross, T.H. Breen, George Fredrickson
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Woodrow Wilson - H.W. Brands, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War - H.W. Brands
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age - H.W. Brands
Reagan: The Life - H.W. Brands
Reagan: The Life - H.W. Brands
Reagan: The Life - H.W. Brands
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 - H.W. Brands
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin - H.W. Brands
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 - H.W. Brands
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mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 5 years ago
text Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
Considered by some the most dangerous man to be President and others as one of their own that deserved the office, he ushered in a sea change in Washington and American politics. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands follows the future President of the United States from his birth in th...
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Doubleday Publishing
Doubleday Publishing rated it 10 years ago
text Reagan: The Life
"This is a fascinating and insightful biography that seems to leave no stone unturned when it comes to the life of Ronald Reagan. Admittedly, I minored in US History in college, but I found this thorough account filled with amazing details and written in a way that humanizes one of most important P...
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Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it 11 years ago
text Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
The Hero of New Orleans, Old Hickory, King Andrew — Andrew Jackson's varied sobriquets belie the daunting task for his potential biographers, and I think H.W. Brands managed to rise to the occasion. Jackson was most definitely a man who contained multitudes, and Brands manages to put it all out ther...
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Get Lost in the Stacks
Get Lost in the Stacks rated it 13 years ago
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Could have been a lot better. Wasnreally poorly written and for it being only 160 pages, I expected a lot more from it.
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debnance
debnance rated it 17 years ago
text The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
I like to read books about the places I visit. That’s why I picked The Age of Gold. It came highly recommended and it did not disappoint.Gold is found during the building of Sutter’s Mill in California. People began to flood into California, risking death, willing to sacrifice everything for a chanc...
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