H.W. Brands

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H.W. Brands taught at Texas A&M University for sixteen years before joing the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of multiple books.

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Books by H.W. Brands

The American Story

Conversations with Master Historians

By David M. Rubenstein

Foreword by Carla Hayden / Read by Jay Winik, Jean Edward Smith, Bob Woodward, H.W. Brands, Carla Hayden, David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, Ron Chernow, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Taylor Branch, A. Scott Berg and Cokie Roberts

Cofounder of The Carlyle Group, patriotic philanthropist, and bestselling author of The American Experiment David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians.

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Masters of Enterprise

By H.W. Brands

From the early years of fur trading to today's Silicon Valley empires, America has proved to be an extraordinarily fertile land for the creation of enormous fortunes.

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