APUSH Enrichment Reading , Surfing and Viewing List
*= instructor personal favorite
Revolution and Early Years
*1776, David McCulloch
*Angel in the Whirlwind, Bobrick (American Revolution)
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, Bowen
(Constitution)
American Patriots, American Insurgents, TH Breen
The Federalist Era, Miller (1789-1800)
*John Adams, David McCullouch
Creation of the American Republic, Wood
Chesapeake, Michener (A novel of colonial times-1812)
The Glorious Cause, Robert Middlekauff
Empire of Liberty, Gordon S. Wood
19th Century
*Undaunted Courage, Ambrose (Lewis and Clark)
What Hath God Wrought, Daniel Walker Howe
*Battle Cry of Freedom, MacPherson (Civil War)
*The Civil War (3 volumes), Foote
*Nothing Like it In the World, Ambrose (Transcontinental RR)
With Malice Toward None: A Story of Abraham Lincoln, Oates
The Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand
Lincoln at Gettysburg, Gary Wills
Era of Reconstruction, Stampp
Destiny of the Republic, Candice Millard
Devil in the White City, Eric Larsen- this book reads like a novel and helps understand
the Gilded Age.
20th Century
*The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris
*Theodore Rex, Morris
The Age of Reform, Hofstadter (1890s-1930s)
The American Political Tradition, Hofstadter (vignettes of various leaders, T Jeff-FDR)
The Perils of Prosperity: 1914-1929, Leuchtenberg
Only Yesterday- Informal History of the 20s, F.L. Allen
Since Yesterday: Informal History of the 1930s: F.L. Allen
Hard Times, Studs Terkel (Oral History of the Great Depression)
*Freedom From Fear: American People in Depression and War 1929-1945, D. Kennedy
The Glory and the Dream: America 1932-1972, Wm Manchester
FDR and the New Deal, Leuchtenberg
*The Greatest Generation, Brokaw (WWII oral history)
Citizen Soldiers: US Army from Normandy to the Bulge, Ambrose
Band of Brothers, Ambrose
*Truman, McCulloch
An American Caesar, Wm Manchester (Douglas MacArthur)
The Children, Halberstam (Civil Rights Movement)
The Fifties, Halberstam
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years: 1954-1963, Branch
Pillar of Fire America in the King Years: 1963-1963, Branch
Vietnam: A History, Karnow
*Fire in the Lake, F. Fitzgerald (Vietnam)
They Marched Into the Sunlight, Mariniss
American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson and the Origins of the Vietnam War, Kaiser
All the President’s Men, Woodward & Bernstein (Watergate)
Route 66 Remembered, Witzel
American History Videos- some of these videos may contain strong language or
images. Consult with your parents before viewing them.
Colonial Period
Last of the Mohicans (Colonial)
The Crucible (Salem Witch Trials)
Roots (Slavery)
Scarlet Letter (Colonial)
1776 (musical, Dec of Ind)
The Crossing (American Rev)
The Patriot (American Rev)
Amistad (slavery)
Civil War
Glory
Gone With the Wind
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Andersonville
1865-1919
Far and Away (immigration)
Citizen Kane
An American Tail (immigration cartoon)
Newsies (musical, NYC newsboys strike of 1897)
Lost Battalion (WWI)
1920s, 30s
Eight Men Out
The Spirit of St. Louis
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Matewan
Great Gatsby
Great Debaters
The Sting
Places in the Heart
The Green Mile
Cinderella Man
Seabiscuit
WWII
Tora, Tora, Tora!
Casablanca
The Longest Day
U 571
Tuskegee Airmen
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
To End All Wars
Thin Red Line
Post WWII
Judgement at Nuremburg (post WWII trial)
Quiz Show (1950s)
Pleasantville (1950s)
Guilty by Suspicion (McCarthyism, early 1950s)
Driving Miss Daisy (Civil Rights)
Autobiography of Miss Jean Pittman (Civil Rights)
Atomic Café (1950s, Cold War)
Thirteen Days (Cuban Missile Crisis)
October Sky (1950s)
All the President’s Men (Watergate)
Platoon
We Were Soldiers
Good Morning Vietnam
The War Room (1992 election)
Helpful Websites
Official AP site- http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/
APUSH Cram packet (very helpful overview)http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/9910/
Go to this site to get the best links through the APUSH world:
http://www.homestead.com/chaffeyaphistory/APUSHistory.html
Some of the material I will be using I have posted on the school site:
http://squalicum.bellinghamschools.org/academics/APUSH.htm