![Don't Know Much About® History [30th Anniversary Edition] by Kenneth C. Davis](https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063067196.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z)
Book
Don't Know Much About® History [30th Anniversary Edition]
Everything You Need to Know About American History But Never Learned
Kenneth C. Davis
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 22, 2020
Reading lane: U.S. History
A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” — People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
History, Reframed
A lively, approachable way into American history, with humor and a teacherly snap.
Come here for
- History with a playful, question-answered rhythm
- A shelf-friendly anniversary edition
Expect
- Big stretches of U.S. history, briskly explained
- A book that works for reading, gifting, and keeping nearby
Book Details
- Authors
- Kenneth C. Davis
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 22, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- U.S. History · Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
- Reading lane
- U.S. History
Affinity
Publisher Categories
Historiography
History Resources
U.S. History
19th-Century America
Show all 8 publisher categories
20th-Century America
21st-Century America
World History
The Americas History
About This Book
A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” — People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks,...
Read full description
Similar Books

American Visions
Edward L. Ayers · WW Norton
Affinity signal
19th-Century America
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster
Affinity signal
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
Colonial America (to 1775)

The Cause
Joseph J. Ellis Ph.D., Joseph J. Ellis · WW Norton
Affinity signal
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
Colonial America (to 1775)

Hero of Two Worlds
Mike Duncan, PublicAffairs · PublicAffairs
Affinity signal
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
18th-Century History

Without Precedent
Joel Richard Paul, Fred Sanders · Penguin Publishing Group
Affinity signal
Courts & the Judiciary
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)

Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier
Joseph Plumb Martin · Dover Publications
Affinity signal
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
Civil War Era

Don't Know Much About the Civil War
Kenneth C. Davis · HarperCollins
Affinity signal
Civil Wars
Civil War Era

A Short History of the United States
Robert V. Remini · HarperCollins
Affinity signal
21st-Century America
Revolutionary America (1775-1800)