The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
James Swanson, (Harper Collins, 2006)

In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency.
Elizabeth Brown Pryor,(Viking, 2017)

A fascinating account of how sexual mores, religion, and law have intersected or―more often―collided throughout American history.
Geoffrey Stone, (Liveright, 2017)

A uniquely colorful chronicle of this dramatic and convulsive chapter in American --and world-- history. An epic tale, wondrously well told.
Margaret E. Wagner, (Bloomsbury Press, 2017)

A condensed and accessible intellectual history that traces the genesis of the ideas that have built into the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Drawing on the work of revolutionary black public intellectuals, including Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, and Martin Luther King Jr., LeBron clarifies what it means to assert that "Black Lives Matter" when faced with contemporary instances of anti-black law enforcement.
Christopher J. LeBron, (Oxford University Press, 2017)

With an intricate storyline that unites engaging characters and themes and reads like a novel, the author details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new and revolutionary segment of the American social fabric.
Martin Torgoff, (Da Capo Press, 2017)

This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873–1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer.
Jann Haynes Gilmore, (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2016)

A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion.
Meryl Gordon, (Grand Central Publishing, 2017)

A stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel. The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the Second World War to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana. Based on a true story, this masterful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called home.
Armando Lucas Correa, (Atria Books, 2016)

A sophisticated legal thriller that plunges readers into the debate within the US government surrounding the imprisonment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Kermit Roosevelt, (Regan Arts, 2015)

Babe Ruth is having a record-breaking season in his first year as a New York Yankee. Larger than life on the field and off, Ruth is about to discover what the Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series are learning—baseball heroes are not invulnerable to scandal. With suspicion in the air, Ruth’s 1918 World Series win for the Boston Red Sox is now being questioned. “More than enough to satisfy any reader of historical whodunits.”— Washington Post
David O. Stewart, (Kensington, 2017)

A young woman finds the most powerful love of her life when she gives birth at an institution for unwed mothers in 1883 Philadelphia. She is told she must give up her daughter to avoid lifelong poverty and shame. But she chooses to keep her. Pregnant, left behind by her lover, and banished from her Quaker home and teaching position, Lilli de Jong enters a home for wronged women to deliver her child. Drawing on rich history, Lilli de Jong is both an intimate portrait of loves lost and found and a testament to the work of mothers.
Janet Benton, (Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 2017)

William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvaniaand Lord Baltimore, proprietor of Maryland battled in English courts over land rights in colonial America. The 1631 Dutch village of Swanendael, which later became Lewes, Delaware,  became the determining factor is Penn’s court victory. The author, a Delaware Supreme Court Justice, explains just how important the seaside town of Lewes is to the very existence of Delaware.
Randy J. Holland, (Delaware Heritage Press, 2013)

In 1776, Delaware declared independence from both England and Pennsylvania. The “First State” was instrumental in the fight to form a new republic. The Marquis de Lafayette, Nathanael Greene and George Washington all made trips to it. Caesar Rodney's ride and the Battle of Cooch's Bridge are legendary, but the state has many unsung heroes. Citizens from every village, town, crossroads and marsh risked their lives to support their beliefs. A carefully documented story of ordinary people coping with extraordinary circumstances.
Kim Rogers Burdick, (The History Press, 2016)

A suspenseful and relatable novel by award-winning New York Times best-selling author -- breathes new life into a troubling chapter of our history known as the McCarthy era.
L.M. Elliott, (Disney-Hyperion, 2017)

World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded soldier’s background—and uncover his true loyalties—in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the bestselling “vivid period mystery series
Charles & Caroline Todd,  (William Morrow, 2016)

Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series.
Charles Todd, (William Morrow, 2016)