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    H. W. Brands, author portrait
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    H. W. Brands

    H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written more than a dozen biographies and histories, including The General vs. the President, a New York Times bestseller. Two of his biographies, The First American and Traitor to His Class, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
    America First
    America First
    Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
    H. W. Brands
    9780593686577
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 23, 2025
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Founding Partisans
    Founding Partisans
    Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
    H. W. Brands
    9780593469033
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 12, 2024
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Last Campaign
    The Last Campaign
    Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
    H. W. Brands
    9780593314524
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 19, 2023
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    Our First Civil War
    Our First Civil War
    Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
    H. W. Brands
    9780593082560
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 13, 2022
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Zealot and the Emancipator
    The Zealot and the Emancipator
    John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom
    H. W. Brands
    9780525563457
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Oct 12, 2021
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Heirs of the Founders
    Heirs of the Founders
    Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
    H. W. Brands
    9780525433903
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 01, 2019
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The General vs. the President
    The General vs. the President
    MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
    H. W. Brands
    9781101912171
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 03, 2017
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Man Who Saved the Union
    The Man Who Saved the Union
    Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
    H. W. Brands
    9780307475152
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 28, 2013
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
    The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
    H. W. Brands
    9780307743268
    $15.95 US
    Paperback
    May 01, 2012
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    American Colossus
    American Colossus
    The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
    H. W. Brands
    9780307386779
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 04, 2011
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    American Dreams
    American Dreams
    The United States Since 1945
    H. W. Brands
    9780143119555
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    May 31, 2011
    Penguin Books
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
    The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
    A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
    H. W. Brands
    9780307743251
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 31, 2011
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
    His Life and Times
    H. W. Brands
    9781400030729
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 10, 2006
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Lone Star Nation
    Lone Star Nation
    The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence
    H. W. Brands
    9781400030705
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2005
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Age of Gold
    The Age of Gold
    The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
    H. W. Brands
    9780385720885
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 14, 2003
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The First American
    The First American
    The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
    H. W. Brands
    9780385495400
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 12, 2002
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Mon May 11
    Junior League of Houston
    1811 Briar Oaks Ln
    Houston, TX 77027
    Google Map

    Tue May 12 | 12:00 PM
    Headliners Club Luncheon
    221 W 6th St Suite 2100
    Austin, TX 78701
    Google Map

    Tue May 12 | 06:00 PM
    Interabang Books
    5600 W LOVERS LN STE 142
    DALLAS, TX 75209-4331
    Google Map

    Wed May 13 | 07:00 PM
    Westfall Politics and History Series Clark Family Branch
    1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63131
    Google Map

    Thu May 14
    A250 Speaker Series Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
    500 W US Hwy 24
    Independence, MO 64050
    Google Map

    Mon May 18
    New York Historical Society
    170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way
    New York, NY 10024
    Google Map

    Books

    America First
    America First
    Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
    H. W. Brands
    9780593686577
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 23, 2025
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Founding Partisans
    Founding Partisans
    Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
    H. W. Brands
    9780593469033
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 12, 2024
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Last Campaign
    The Last Campaign
    Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
    H. W. Brands
    9780593314524
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 19, 2023
    Vintage
    Grades AP/IB
    Our First Civil War
    Our First Civil War
    Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
    H. W. Brands
    9780593082560
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 13, 2022
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Zealot and the Emancipator
    The Zealot and the Emancipator
    John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom
    H. W. Brands
    9780525563457
    $17.95 US
    Paperback
    Oct 12, 2021
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Heirs of the Founders
    Heirs of the Founders
    Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
    H. W. Brands
    9780525433903
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 01, 2019
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The General vs. the President
    The General vs. the President
    MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
    H. W. Brands
    9781101912171
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 03, 2017
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Man Who Saved the Union
    The Man Who Saved the Union
    Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
    H. W. Brands
    9780307475152
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 28, 2013
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
    The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
    H. W. Brands
    9780307743268
    $15.95 US
    Paperback
    May 01, 2012
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    American Colossus
    American Colossus
    The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
    H. W. Brands
    9780307386779
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 04, 2011
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    American Dreams
    American Dreams
    The United States Since 1945
    H. W. Brands
    9780143119555
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    May 31, 2011
    Penguin Books
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
    The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
    A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
    H. W. Brands
    9780307743251
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    May 31, 2011
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
    His Life and Times
    H. W. Brands
    9781400030729
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 10, 2006
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    Lone Star Nation
    Lone Star Nation
    The Epic Story of the Battle for Texas Independence
    H. W. Brands
    9781400030705
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 08, 2005
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Age of Gold
    The Age of Gold
    The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
    H. W. Brands
    9780385720885
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 14, 2003
    Anchor
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The First American
    The First American
    The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
    H. W. Brands
    9780385495400
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 12, 2002
    Vintage
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Events

    Mon May 11
    Junior League of Houston
    1811 Briar Oaks Ln
    Houston, TX 77027
    Google Map

    Tue May 12 | 12:00 PM
    Headliners Club Luncheon
    221 W 6th St Suite 2100
    Austin, TX 78701
    Google Map

    Tue May 12 | 06:00 PM
    Interabang Books
    5600 W LOVERS LN STE 142
    DALLAS, TX 75209-4331
    Google Map

    Wed May 13 | 07:00 PM
    Westfall Politics and History Series Clark Family Branch
    1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63131
    Google Map

    Thu May 14
    A250 Speaker Series Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
    500 W US Hwy 24
    Independence, MO 64050
    Google Map

    Mon May 18
    New York Historical Society
    170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way
    New York, NY 10024
    Google Map

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