The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh - Candace Fleming
Torpedoed - Deborah Heiligman
The 57 Bus - Dashka Slater
Port Chicago 50 - Steve Sheinkin (or pretty much anything by this author)
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different - Karen Blumenthal
The Great and Only Barnum! - Candace Fleming. (CT connection)
The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy - James Giblin
All of these were winners/honor titles of YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Award in the past decade. The list of nominees for each year has some good suggestions, too.
Cathy Andronik
Brien McMahon HS (Retired)