H.W. Brands

The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr

by H.W. Brands

Softcover

Aaron Burr is best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Here, historian H.W. Brands offers a multilayered portrait of the storied and ultimately tragic life of this progressive politician.

American Colossus

by H.W. Brands

Softcover

From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, a chronicle of how, in the decades following the Civil War, the capitalist revolution transformed America from a land of small farmers and businessmen into an industrial giant.

Woodrow Wilson

by H.W. Brands

Hardcover

Biographer H.W. Brands focuses on Wilson’s unlikely tenure as a war president, arguing that when elected he was singularly unprepared for military leadership and was instead focused on domestic matters.