Readalikes: If you liked April's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Simon Winchester's The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible, then you might also like these books suggested by our discussion group members: 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann, The Fourth Part of the World: An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America by Toby Lester, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick, and The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell All present American history from an in-depth and eye-opening point of view you most likely didn't get from your high school history textbook.