Now that's a lot of pages.

I just finished reading an 850 page book for class. It's probably one of the longest books I've ever read, not counting the Bible. Anywho, if you're interested in American history from say, post-War of 1812 until 1840s, I highly recommend Daniel Walker Howe's What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (2007). Yes it's long, but it's also very readable and a lot of important and interesting stuff happened during that period.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get busy writing a paper on the book...

***Update: Yesterday I said I liked the book and last night it won the Pulitzer Prize in U.S. history!