America, América: A New History of the New World PG_Gift_Guide 1987: When NYPL librarian and

1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives

shows up at orientation

whose infectious curiosity about history launched him across the West in a covered wagon pulled by mules and propelled his book about the trip

2014 Fiction Winner -- Beverly Hills International Book Awards

America, América: A New History of the New World PG_Gift_Guide 1987: When NYPL librarian andA New York Times bestseller A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker,The New Republic, and Mother Jones Greg Grandin's argument is compelling and written with zest. His history is punchy, the array of sources is vast, and the narrative pace is superb. Financial Times An extraordinarily