The David McCullough Booklist

Kelsea , Main (Oakland)

We’ve heard of David G. McCullough’s “The Johnstown Flood”, but what are some other titles that McCullough has written? If you enjoy reading about history, you’re in luck! Check out these titles we have in our collection. Having trouble getting a copy of David McCullough’s books? Check out these historical fiction and nonfiction read-alikes we have in our collection.

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1776

by David G. McCullough

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence. This title is also available as eBook on Overdrive/Libby or as eAudio on Overdrive/Libby.

The 1619 Project

by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning 1619 Project issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This book substantially expands on that work, weaving together eighteen essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with thirty-six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby. 

Why it was banned/challenged: Challengers claim that the content of this book and corresponding curricula teaches students to “hate their own country.”  

Four Hundred Souls

by Ibram X. Kendi

A unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans from 1619-2019. Ninety brilliant writers–each of whom takes on a five-year interval of that four-hundred-year span–explore their periods through a variety of techniques: historical essays, short stories, personal vignettes, and fiery polemics. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook and an eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.

The Warmth of Other Suns

by Isabel Wilkerson

A sweeping examination an often-overlooked part of history, when six million Black Americans uprooted their lives in the south and migrated to northern and western cities in search of a better future, changing the course of their own lives and the new cities they called home. 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby. 

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict

A fictionalized story of the real Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman who had to pass as white to acquire and keep her position as the librarian and archivist of J.P. Morgan. As her status rises in high society, the mental and emotional cost of her secret grows.    

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.