What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848Modern · History, American History, Nonfiction
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
2007 · 904 pages · Nonfiction
56
Modern
★ 4.17 on Goodreads · 9K ratings
≈ 23 hours to read · about 7 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2008). 4.17★ from 9K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
56Must-Read Score
- Critics62 out of 100 · counts 35%+25
- Readers56 out of 100 · counts 50%+31
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #85 of the 220 history books we rank
- #120 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #355 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2008)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2007)
Reads as
True story
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