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11 Eye-Opening Reads About America

This reading list is essential for any American striving to better understand the complicated moment our nation finds itself in right now.
11 Eye-Opening Reads About America from iBooks
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1. These Truths by Jill Lepore
960 pages; W. W. Norton & Company
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2. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
640 pages; Vintage
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3. Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
320 pages; Penguin Books
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4. Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
912 pages; Simon & Schuster
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5. The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini
512 pages; Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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6. The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
432 pages; Simon & Schuster
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7. Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan
384 pages; Mariner Books
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8. Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
256 pages; Amistad
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9. Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
208 pages; HMH Books for Young Readers
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10. March: Book One by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis
128 pages; Top Shelf Productions
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11. In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
272 pages; St. Martin's Griffin
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View the original list on Apple Books.
Published 07/16/2020
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