The ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is three top-rated American history books from historian Stephen E. Ambrose for only $1.99 each (that’s 80% off the list price).

– Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
– Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of German
– Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Saturday, December 31, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

Ambrose is also the author of the World War II novel Band of Brothers, which was adapted into a 10-part television miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks which aired on HBO.

NOTE – you don’t actually need a Kindle device to read these ebooks. Books can be read on a Kindle or one of Amazon’s free reading apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows PC, Mac, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7. Also, you can gift Kindle books and set your gift to be delivered whenever you want to anyone with an email address.