Read "I Loved a Girl" by Walter Trobisch it was AMAZING!!! If you are taking early American HIstory you should read the banned history books because they are what America is trying to censor people from knowing. Knowledge is power! Learn about our TRUE history and not the lies they try to tell us about in school.
Here is one such book:
http://www.ronpaulmarket.com/The_Story_of_Liberty_Book_p/liberty.htm

The Story of Liberty!