Hello anons, I want to get my aging grandfather, who has been
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Hello anons,
I want to get my aging grandfather, who has been a history buff his whole life, a nice book for fathers day. He's into the wild west and U.S. presidential history; really loves Native American history/lore.
I would love any recommendations that you guys have. Even if it doesn't have anything directly to do with the subjects that he is into.
If he's a buff he's probably already read it, but Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. You could also get him the Ken Burns wide west documentary series
1491 is a great book. He has def read wounded knee.
Conquest of the Incas by Henning is a classic and fucking great.
Batavias Graveyard was fun
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon is pretty good pop history
Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations by Schama
Raiders and Rebels: A History of the Golden Age of Piracy
The Many Headed Hydra (a little pinko)
The Black Jacobins
He might have read it but Black Elk Speaks
If he hasn't read it, 'I Will Fight No More Forever' is one of my favorite non-fic books, but it is pretty depressing, obvs.
THE DECLINE OF THE WEST BY OSWALD SPENGLER
GET HIM INTO ESOTERIC HISTORICISM