Philip Dray

10 books

At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray

At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America

Philip Dray

544 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history race dark emotional sad slow-paced
Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen

Philip Dray

463 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America by Philip Dray

The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

Philip Dray

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America by Philip Dray

Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America

Philip Dray

304 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray

There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America

Philip Dray

784 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi by Philip Dray, Seth Cagin

We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi

Philip Dray, Seth Cagin

500 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist by Stephen Alcorn, Philip Dray

Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist

Stephen Alcorn, Philip Dray

44 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging reflective fast-paced
CAPITOL MEN: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray
CAPITOL MEN: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen
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Philip Dray

CAPITOL MEN: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen

Philip Dray

480 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age by Philip Dray

A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age

Philip Dray

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

challenging dark reflective medium-paced
There is Power in a Union by Philip Dray, Philip Dray
There is Power in a Union
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Philip Dray, Philip Dray

There is Power in a Union

Philip Dray, Philip Dray

818 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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