American Heritage History of the United States

American Heritage History of the United States
Author: Douglas Brinkley
Publisher: New Word City
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2015-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612308570

"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough "Douglas Brinkley's one-volume history is a riveting narrative of unique people who have come to call themselves American. There is no dust on these pages as the author brilliantly tells our national story with skill and brevity." In this rich and inspiring book, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes us on the incredible journey of the United States - a nation formed from a vast countryside on whose fringes thirteen small British colonies fought for their freedom, then established a democratic nation that spanned the continent, and went on to become a world power. This book will be treasured by anyone interested in the story of America.

American Heritage History of Early America: 1492-1776

American Heritage History of Early America: 1492-1776
Author: Robert G. Ahearn
Publisher: New Word City
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2016-01-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612309402

Here, from American Heritage, is the human, vital story of America's beginnings - from the journeys of early explorers and the founding of the Plymouth and Jamestown colonies to the French and Indian Wars and victory in the War of Independence.

American Heritage History of the Civil War

American Heritage History of the Civil War
Author: Bruce Catton
Publisher: New Word City
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612307906

Here is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton’s unsurpassed account of the Civil War, one of the most moving chapters in American history. Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. McPherson, the book vividly traces the epic struggle between the Blue and Gray, from the early division between the North and South to the final surrender of Confederate troops.

American Heritage History of the American Revolution

American Heritage History of the American Revolution
Author: Bruce Lancaster
Publisher: New Word City, Inc.
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612308317

"A magnificent book. . . . Bruce Lancaster's text is terse, rapid, lucid, and dramatic . . . filled with the color and excitement of a grim and bloody war." – The New York Times The American Heritage History of the American Revolution is the complete chronicle of the Revolutionary War told in full detail. Lancaster starts his story with an examination of colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social situation of the new nation. The American Heritage History of the American Revolution details the birth of America with insight and depth.

Opening the West With Lewis and Clark

Opening the West With Lewis and Clark
Author: Edwin L. Sabin
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2021-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. Sabin's novel follows the expedition as it made its way westward and crossed the Continental Divide of the Americas before reaching the Pacific Coast.

The Miracle of America

The Miracle of America
Author: Angela E. Kamrath
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781628711400

THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA Now, for the first time ever, the American Heritage Education Foundation presents a new book that explores the correlation between America's philosophical origins and the Bible Miracle of America shows how the Bible and Judeo-Christian thought are arguably the nation's most significant foundational root and its enduring source of strength. Professional educators and historians have praised Miracle of America as the first-ever systematic analysis of the relationship between key American political principles and Judeo-Christian ideas. First Edition, copyright 2014.Second Edition, copyright 2015. Third Edition 2020

American Heritage New History of World War II

American Heritage New History of World War II
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN: 9780670874743

Historian Stephen Ambrose updates the classic World War II history written by C.L. Sulzberger.