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Five Books On Ku Klux Klan

The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition.
- Gordon, Linda.
Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan During Reconstruction.
- Parsons, Elaine Frantz.
Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s.
- Blee, Kathleen M.
Steel Valley Klan: The Ku Klux Klan in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley.
- Jenkins, William D.
The Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930.
- Baker, Kelly.

Five Books On George Washington

Washington: A Life.
- Chernow, Ron.
The Presidency of George Washington.
- McDonald, Forrest.
Washington’s Revolution: The Making of America’s First Leader.
- Middlekauff, Robert.
George Washington’s Military Genius.
- Palmer, Dave Richard.
“In the Hands of a Good Providence”: Religion in the Life of George Washington.
- Thompson, Mary V.

Five Books On The League of Nations

To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order
- Knock, Thomas J.
A History of the League of Nations.
- Walters, F. P.
The United States and the League of Nations, 1918-1920.
- Fleming, Denna Frank.
The Irreconcilables: The Fight Against the League of Nations.
- Stone, Ralph A.
Woodrow Wilson’s Case for the League of Nations.
- Wilson, Woodrow.

Five Books On The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment after 75 Years.
- Boemeke, Manfred F., Gerald D. Fedlman, and Elisabeth Glaser, eds.
Paris 1919: Six Months the Changed the World.
- Macmillan, Margaret Olwen.
Politics and Diplomacy of Peacemaking: Containment and Counterrevolution at Versailles, 1918-1919.
- Mayer, Arno J.
The Kings Depart: The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution.
- Watt, Richard M.
Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference.
- Levin, Norman Gordon.

Five Books On The American Dream

The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation.
- Cullen, Jim.
The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream?
- Wysong, Earl, Robert Perrucci, and David Wright.
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream.
- Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes.
- Rank, Mark R.
Vachel Lindsay: Fieldworker for the American Dream.
- Massa, Ann.

Five Books On Concussions

Concussion.
- Laskas, Jeanne Marie.
League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth.
- Fainaru-Wada, Mark and Steve Fainaru.
Concussions and Our Kids: America’s Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe.
- Cantu, Robert C. and Mark Hyman.
Any Given Monday: Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them, For Athletes, Parents, and Coaches: Based on My Life in Sports Medicine.
- Andrews, James R. with Don Yaeger.
The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back.
- Elliott, Clark.

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