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The ideological origins of the American Revolution
Par Bernard Bailyn. 1992
Bailyn examines pamphlets, essays, sermons, treatises, and poems published in the colonies prior to 1776 and concludes that the American…
Revolution was not undertaken to enforce changes in economic or social organization but was primarily an ideological, constitutional, and political struggle. A postscript discusses the contentious debate to ratify the Constitution. Pulitzer Prize for HistoryBenedict Arnold, revolutionary hero: an American warrior reconsidered
Par James Martin. 1997
A biography of the premier turncoat of the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold. Explores Arnold's life from childhood to his successes…
as a military leader in the Revolution and beyond. Explains why and how Arnold decided to return his allegiance to the crown. Examines the myths surrounding Arnold's reputationDefending the spirit: a Black life in America
Par Randall Robinson. 1998
Autobiography of a political activist who grew up in the segregated south, attended Harvard law school, and helped eliminate apartheid…
in South Africa. In 1977 Robinson founded TransAfrica in order to influence foreign policy for the benefit of African and Caribbean nations. Describes his continuing efforts to eliminate racial barriersAccounts of wartime roles of eighty-four American women. Besides portraying the women's shouldering of new responsibilities at home--sewing uniforms, preparing…
cartridges, and making bandages--these sketches record unsung acts of patriotism and heroism. One vignette is of Deborah Sampson Gannet who, disguised in a soldier's uniform, fought in battles for three yearsThe legacy of the Civil War
Par Robert Warren. 1961
Stonewall Jackson: the man, the soldier, the legend
Par James Robertson. 1997
An in-depth portrait of the famed and enigmatic Confederate general. Traces his orphaned childhood in Virginia, his West Point years,…
and his brilliant leadership in the Civil War. Avers that Jackson so embodied the mystique of the Southern cause, that his untimely death in 1863 marked the turning point of the warA collection of firsthand reports on pivotal events in American history. These authentic accounts convey the urgency and attitudes of…
their times concerning significant issues and themes in American life from 1492 through 1994. BestsellerOriginal meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
Par Jack Rakove. 1996
Explores the ideological and political assumptions that underlie the "original meanings" of the Constitution and the resulting ambiguities. Critiques the…
method that looks solely to the founders' intent for adapting the document to modern circumstances. Examines specific issues, such as federalism and the influence of James MadisonPortrays the life of wealthy land speculator and politician William Cooper, who rose from humble origins to prominence as the…
founder of Cooperstown, New York. The spectacular rise and later decline of Cooper's fortunes inspired the writings of his author son, James Fenimore CooperHistory of the Alabama governor and conservative leader, whose national political career was cut short by a gunshot in 1972…
that left him paralyzed. Carter traces Wallace's role in launching a conservative movement that allowed Republicans to dominate American politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Some strong languageCold War: the American crusade against world communism, 1945-1991
Par James Warren. 1996
Chronicles the cold war--America's global struggle against communism from 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Portrays…
the military, diplomatic, economic, and scientific dimensions of the rivalry between the superpowers. Explains the issues and events of the era. For junior and senior high readersAmerican scripture: making the Declaration of Independence
Par Pauline Maier. 1997
Encapsulates the story of the birth and legacy of the document that liberated America. The author discusses how reinterpretations of…
this historic manifesto have over time spurred new social ideals and principles in the United StatesJohn Quincy Adams: a public life, a private life
Par Paul Nagel. 1996
Based on Adams's diary and correspondence, this biography depicts his family life as well as his political career. Covers his…
negotiation of the Monroe Doctrine, his successful defense of the Amistad antislavery case before the Supreme Court, and his term as the sixth U.S. presidentCompendium of narratives--taken from letters, diaries, memoirs, court records, pamphlets, and periodicals--documenting three centuries of the American experience. Each chapter…
addresses a theme: arriving, upbringing, pairing, working, housing, eating, playing, praying, erring, ailing, and departing. Some violence and some strong languageCowgirls
Par Candace Savage. 1996
History of cowgirls of the American and Canadian West from the 1800s to the late twentieth century. These homesteaders, cattle…
dealers, rodeo performers, and ranch hands were lured westward by free land, independence, and equality. Savage profiles such pioneers as Annie Oakley and Lizzie Williams and film stars Dale Evans and Barbara StanwyckHistoric speeches of African Americans (African-American experience)
Par Warren Halliburton. 1993
Excerpts from noted speeches focus on slavery, emancipation and reconstruction, renewed racial strategies, the civil rights revolution, and assessment after…
the revolution. Speakers include Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Shirley Chisholm, Angela Davis, and Jesse Jackson. For junior and senior high and older readersThe rivals: William Gwin, David Broderick, and the birth of California
Par Arthur Quinn. 1994
Recounts the events in the mid 1800s when two ambitious adversaries rose to power as U.S. senators from California. Reviews…
the personal and political conflicts that culminated in a duel, which left Broderick dead and Gwin discredited, and presents details of this tragedy using young California's transformation from a remote province to a prosperous state as a backdropW.E.B. DuBois: biography of a race, 1868-1919
Par David Lewis. 1993
Scholar, activist, pan-Africanist, W.E.B. Du Bois was a founder of the NAACP and the first black American to receive a…
doctorate from Harvard. He died an expatriate in Ghana at ninety-five. In this biography, based partly on newly available personal papers, Lewis analyzes the first fifty years of Du Bois's life with the backdrop of race relations and the racial ideologies and conflicts of the period. Pulitzer PrizeCities of gold: a journey across the Ameerican Southwest in pursuit of Coronado
Par Douglas Preston. 1992
The author chronicles his journey on horseback retracing the path of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado across the…
American Southwest in search of the seven cities of gold. Woven into the narrative are natural history; stories heard from cowboys, Native Americans, and ranchers; and an account of the original expedition. Strong languageQuotes from letters, speeches, court papers, and articles create this portrait of Lincoln. Meltzer traces the life of the sixteenth…
president, from his childhood to his career as a lawyer and his role as commander in chief of the armed forces during the Civil War. The author sets the stage by commenting on the political forces at the time and by introducing contemporary figures. For junior and senior high and older readers