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Books like John Jay

If you loved John Jay by George Pellew, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Leaders & Notable People, Biographies & Memoirs, Military, and United States.

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Top related books to John Jay

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of John Jay.

Memoir of William Francis Bartlett — Francis Winthrop Palfrey

Memoir of William Francis Bartlett

Francis Winthrop Palfrey

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Diary of Colonel Israel Angell — Israel Angell

Diary of Colonel Israel Angell

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Lee West Point and Lexington — Walter Creigh Preston

Lee West Point and Lexington

Walter Creigh Preston

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Sam Houston Colossus in Buckskin — George Creel

Sam Houston Colossus in Buckskin

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Archibald Cary Coolidge Life and Letters — Harold Jefferson Coolidge

Archibald Cary Coolidge Life and Letters

Harold Jefferson Coolidge

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The Story of Abraham Lincoln for Young Readers — James Baldwin

The Story of Abraham Lincoln for Young Readers

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

My Diary in America in the Midst of War; Volume 2 — George Augustus Sala

My Diary in America in the Midst of War; Volume 2

George Augustus Sala

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Daniel Decatur Emmett: Author Of Dixie (1904) — Charles Burleigh Galbreath

Daniel Decatur Emmett: Author Of Dixie (1904)

Charles Burleigh Galbreath

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Diary Of Colonel Israel Angell: Commanding The Second Rhode Island Continental Regiment During The American Revolution, 1778-1781 — Israel Angell

Diary Of Colonel Israel Angell: Commanding The Second Rhode Island Continental Regiment During The American Revolution, 1778-1781

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Critical Sketches Of Some Of The Federal And Confederate Commanders (1895) — Theodore F. Dwight

Critical Sketches Of Some Of The Federal And Confederate Commanders (1895)

Theodore F. Dwight

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Rufus King and His Times — Edward Hale Brush

Rufus King and His Times

Edward Hale Brush

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton’s Letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Ga — Henry Van Boynton

Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton’s Letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Ga

Henry Van Boynton

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Newspapers and Newspaper Writers in New England, 1787-1815. Read Before the New England Historic, Ge — Delano A. Goddard

Newspapers and Newspaper Writers in New England, 1787-1815. Read Before the New England Historic, Ge

Delano A. Goddard

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Log-Book of Timothy Boardman; Kept on Board the Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During a Cruise from New London, Ct. , to Charleston, S. C. , and Return, in 1778; Also, a Biographical Sketch of the Author — Timothy Boardman

Log-Book of Timothy Boardman; Kept on Board the Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During a Cruise from New London, Ct. , to Charleston, S. C. , and Return, in 1778; Also, a Biographical Sketch of the Author

Timothy Boardman

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The Marquis De La Fayette In The American Revolution V2: With Some Account Of The Attitude Of France Toward The War Of Independence — Charlemagne Tower

The Marquis De La Fayette In The American Revolution V2: With Some Account Of The Attitude Of France Toward The War Of Independence

Charlemagne Tower

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Thrilling Days in Army Life — George A. Forsyth

Thrilling Days in Army Life

George A. Forsyth

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War — Fannie A. Beers

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War

Fannie A. Beers

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Dixie After The War — Myrta Lockett Avary

Dixie After The War

Myrta Lockett Avary

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Arthur Schnitzler — Richard Specht

Arthur Schnitzler

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

He Knew Lincoln — Ida Minerva Tarbell

He Knew Lincoln

Ida Minerva Tarbell

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The Life of Robert E. Lee — J. G. De Roulhac Hamilton

The Life of Robert E. Lee

J. G. De Roulhac Hamilton

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

Southern Soldier Stories — George Cary Eggleston

Southern Soldier Stories

George Cary Eggleston

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The Wound Dresser; a Series of Letters Written From the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion — Richard Maurice Bucke

The Wound Dresser; a Series of Letters Written From the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion

Richard Maurice Bucke

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The Military Exploits, Etc. Of Don Juan Martin Diez, The Empecinado: Who First Commenced And Then Organized The System Of Guerrilla Warfare In Spain (1823) — Juan Martin Diez

The Military Exploits, Etc. Of Don Juan Martin Diez, The Empecinado: Who First Commenced And Then Organized The System Of Guerrilla Warfare In Spain (1823)

Juan Martin Diez

Themes: Leaders & Notable People • Biographies & Memoirs • Military

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Leaders & Notable People, Biographies & Memoirs, Military — the same threads that run through John Jay by George Pellew. Among the authors featured: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Israel Angell, Walter Creigh Preston, George Creel, and others.

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