The Drama of American History Series

The Drama of American History Series
Author: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Publisher: AudioGO
Total Pages: 1859
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1620646315

Collaboration of all twenty-three Dramas of American History as told by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. The twenty-three dramas include: Clash of Cultures: Prehistory–1638, The Paradox of Jamestown: 1585–1700, Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620–1700, The French and Indian War: 1660–1763, The American Revolution: 1763–1783, Creating the Constitution: 1787, Building a New Nation: 1789–1801, The Jeffersonian Republicans: 1800–1820, Andrew Jackson's America: 1824–1850, Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War: 1835–1850, Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War: 1831–1861, The Civil War: 1860–1865, Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow: 1864–1896, The Rise of Industry: 1860–1900, A Century of Immigration: 1820–1924, The Rise of the Cities: 1820–1920, Indians, Cowboys, and Farmers: 1865–1910, The United States Enters the World Stage: 1867–1919, Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal: 1901–1941, The United States in World War II: 1941–1945, The United States in the Cold War: 1945–1989, The Middle Road: American Politics: 1945–2000 and The Changing Face of American Society: 1945–2000.

Clash of Cultures

Clash of Cultures
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620644916

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.

Pilgrims and Puritans

Pilgrims and Puritans
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620644959

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. In Pilgrims and Puritans, the authors begin in the year 1620 in England and end in New England in the year 1676. The book recounts the religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its influence on our lives today. The narrative follows various groups of settlers from their departure from England through arrival in the New World and their often violent conflicts with the native peoples of the Americas. The authors examine a number of issues that arose in the new society that was founded and the rise and fall of the "city on a hill."

Creating the Constitution, 1787

Creating the Constitution, 1787
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761407768

Compelling Series by Two Newbery Honor Winning Authors Who Demonstrate How Dramatic History can be by Focusing on Key Historical and Political Events a Well as Sociological Issues.

Andrew Jackson’s America

Andrew Jackson’s America
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620645076

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. Andrew Jackson's America examines the events and personalities, particularly President Andrew Jackson, that shaped the development of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Learn about the influence that Andrew Jackson had on the way America developed, the industrial revolution and the beginning of the two-party system.

The Civil War

The Civil War
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620645130

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. The Civil War: 1860–1865 examines the people and events involved in the bloody war that pitted the Northern states against those that seceded to form the Confederacy.

We the People

We the People
Author: Leo Huberman
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1932-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1583674845

A history of labour and the labour movement in the USA, originally published in the 1930s. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Here They Come! - Beginnings - Are All Men Equal? - Molasses and Tea - "In Order To Form a More Perfect Union" - A Rifle, An Axe - A Strange, Colourful Frontier, The Last - The Manufacturing North - The Agricultural South - Landlords Fight Money Lords - Materials, Men, Machinery, Money - More Materials, Men, Machinery, Money - The Have-nots vs The Haves - From Rags To Riches - From Riches To Rags - The New Deal..Relief - . Recovery - .Reform - .Foreign Policy - "You Guys Gotta Organize" -

The Drama of American History Series

The Drama of American History Series
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 1782
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538426749

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. The volumes in this collection explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. This collection features six books in the Drama of American History series, covering American history from prehistoric Native American life and culture through the Federalist era of the late eighteenth century: Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620–1676 The French and Indian War: 1660–1763 The Paradox of Jamestown: 1585–1700 Clash of Cultures: Prehistory–1638 The American Revolution: 1763–1783 Building a New Nation: The Federalist Era, 1789–1801

Slavery and Resistance

Slavery and Resistance
Author: Anne Devereaux Jordan
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761421788

"Describes slavery in the United States from colonial times up to the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow

Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1620645157

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. The Reconstruction and Rise of Jim Crow describes the fallout of the Civil War, whose aftermath left the United States South angry and poor. This book details the struggles to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation. The story line also sets the stage for the country's next battle, which is between the Jim Crow laws and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.