What's a good American History Book?
 

Any that you've read that you can recommend? Nothing that just deals with a specific era but a solid overall kind of a thing.

this is a solid overall kind of thing in a way but not a historical account. not my specialty so i won't discuss it, but it explains even america today.

thanks for that, although i'm looking for a more straightforwatd narrative history type of a thing. Again though, thanks.

Howard Zinn - A People's History of the United States of America.

"This account of US history from the bottom up tells the real story of the people, rather than the flag-waving official story."

Excellent, thanks. that might be just what I'm looking for.