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The Story of America

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084455X
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Story of America written by Jill Lepore and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From celebrated writer Jill Lepore, a literary and political history of American origin stories In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories—from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address—to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Over the centuries, Americans have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type. Part civics primer, part cultural history, The Story of America excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I.O.U. and the dictionary. Along the way it presents fresh readings of Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as histories of lesser-known genres, including biographies of presidents, novels of immigrants, and accounts of the Depression. From past to present, Lepore argues, Americans have wrestled with the idea of democracy by telling stories. In this thoughtful and provocative book, Lepore offers at once a history of origin stories and a meditation on storytelling itself.

The Story of America

Author : Carroll C. Calkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Story of America written by Carroll C. Calkins and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backgrounds and Beginnings, The Crucial Years 1775, The War of Independence, Evolution of the Flag, Creating a system of Government, The War of 1812, Religion in a Free Country, The Tragic of Civil War, Trailblazers and Mountain men, Scientific Revolution, Saga of Immigration, Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

The American Story

Author : David M. Rubenstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982120339
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The American Story written by David M. Rubenstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and understand. — David McCullough on John Adams — Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson — Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton — Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin — Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln — A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh — Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King — Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson — Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon —And many others, including a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David captures the brilliance of our most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects. The book features introductions by Rubenstein as well a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead our national library. Richly illustrated with archival images from the Library of Congress, the book is destined to become a classic for serious readers of American history. Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era to the late 20th century.

Stories of America, Volume 1

Author : Sonya Shafer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616341107
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Stories of America, Volume 1 written by Sonya Shafer and published by . This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settle back with these stories of America¿s early years and watch your children¿s eyes light up with interest and patriotism. Mr. Morris¿s narratives, originally published in 1901, make you feel as if you are listening to a kindly grandfather recounting tales from his past. Volume 1 presents stories from Columbus through the Alamo (about 1850).

All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel

Author : Dan Yaccarino
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
ISBN 13 : 0375859209
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel written by Dan Yaccarino and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text and warm, colorful illustrations, Yaccarino recounts how the little shovel was passed down through four generations of this Italian-American family—along with the good advice. It’s a story that will have kids asking their parents and grandparents: Where did we come from? How did our family make the journey all the way to America? “A shovel is just a shovel, but in Dan Yaccarino’s hands it becomes a way to dig deep into the past and honor all those who helped make us who we are.” —Eric Rohmann, winner of the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit “All the Way to America is a charmer. Yaccarino’s heartwarming story rings clearly with truth, good cheer, and love.” —Tomie dePaola, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona

Stories of America, Volume 2

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616341695
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Stories of America, Volume 2 written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America the Complete Story

Author : Anna Cheifetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781740481021
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book America the Complete Story written by Anna Cheifetz and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A People's History of the United States

Author : Howard Zinn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060528423
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book A People's History of the United States written by Howard Zinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

America's Story 3

Author : Angela O'Dell
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0890519838
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book America's Story 3 written by Angela O'Dell and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Charlotte Mason Inspired Journey Through American History! America’s Story 3 concludes the exciting journey through American History as students review America’s rich history, experience the excitement of discovery and invention as well as the hardships of the Great Depression, and examine the challenges our nation still faces. In America’s Story 3, your student will: Discover the impact one president had on the New York City Police DepartmentObserve the first flightRide along with the development of the Model TExperience the wonder and the tragedy of the TitanicExplore America during & after the World WarsLearn the hardships Americans faced during the Great DepressionFeel the excitement of new discoveries and technological advancementand so much more! Exciting, interactive stories O’Dell’s lively storytelling style ensures history comes alive in an exciting way! Through engaging narrative, O’Dell interacts with students and draws them in to imagine the adventures, hardships, failures, and triumphs of the incredible characters who shaped American history from the early 1900s to Modern Times. America’s Story 3 Student Features: Full-color student textbook featuring engaging narrative and beautiful historic illustrations, photographs, maps, and cultural connections.

Heart and Soul

Author : Kadir Nelson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062184105
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Heart and Soul written by Kadir Nelson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. In Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson's stirring paintings and words grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book—a beautiful gift for readers of all ages, a treasure to share across generations at home or in the classroom. Heart and Soul is about the men, women, and children who toiled in the hot sun picking cotton; it's about the America ripped in two by Jim Crow laws; it's about the brothers and sisters of all colors who rallied against those who would dare bar a child from an education. It's a story of discrimination and broken promises, determination, and triumphs. Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul—the winner of numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor, and the recipient of five starred reviews—is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator. This inspiring book demonstrates that in striving for freedom and equal rights, African Americans help our country on the journey toward its promise of liberty and justice—the true heart and soul of our nation.

The Warmth of Other Suns

Author : Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679763880
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Warmth of Other Suns written by Isabel Wilkerson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career, which allowed him to purchase a grand home where he often threw exuberant parties. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is destined to become a classic.

AMER STORY VOL 1 SET

Author : Angela O'Dell
Publisher : America's Story
ISBN 13 : 9781683440574
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book AMER STORY VOL 1 SET written by Angela O'Dell and published by America's Story. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coming to America

Author : Betsy Maestro
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780590441513
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Coming to America written by Betsy Maestro and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the evolving history of immigration to the United States, a long saga about people coming first in search of food and then, later in a quest for religious and political freedom, safety, and prosperity.

The Story of America

Author : Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Story of America written by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America

Author : Kevin Baker
Publisher : A & E Home Video
ISBN 13 : 9781422983430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book America written by Kevin Baker and published by A & E Home Video. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America The Story of Us is a groundbreaking series that brings to life the epic story of our nation in a new way for a new generation. The companion book, America The Story of Us is a history that is at once penetrating and lively, elegant and authoritative; great for serious reading as it is for casual skimming. America The Story of Us brings to life the vast forces that shaped this remarkable country and the ways in which revolutions in technology and transportation altered the way Americans lived, made money, and fought one another. Explored in these pages is the struggle between settlers and Native Americans; the epic conflict of slavery, from cotton gin to Civil War; the creation of the transcontinental railroad alongside the thundering herds of buffalo across the West; and how American ingenuity and determination both carried us through the Great Depression and won the Second World War. Beginning with Jamestown and Plymouth Bay, the first successful British colonies on the mainland, the book highlights the landmark moments in political, social, economic, and military history, from the prototypical entrepreneur John Rolfe and his tobacco seeds to Barack Obama and the seeds of change, from the Model T to the moon landing. Written by novelist, historian, and journalist Kevin Baker (a key contributor to The American Century, by Harold Evans), the narrative shares the TV series- eye for the dramatic moment in U.S. history-there is danger, action, struggle-while adding new layers of detail and nuance. America The Story of Us is decisive and essential, the story of the country that every family will want to own. Foreword by President Obama A stunning companion piece for the most anticipated HISTORY broadcast of all time, includes 412 heavily illustrated pages featuring over 300 full color images and layers of information including "charticles,” graphics, photographs, and text. The adventure that became a nation - the complete history of the US has not been told for 40 years. AMERICA the Story of Us is an exuberant, unprecedented look at the invention of America focusing on how events small and large are intrinsically linked to the exploration and innovation, leading us from the frontier to 21st century cities, from the Mississippi to the moon, from Jamestown to 9/11 up to present day. Moving though time and space linking key events, people and locations, capturing the vast sweep of American history-- bringing viewers on a journey through the forces that shaped the destiny of America.

The Story of America

Author : Allen Weinstein
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of America written by Allen Weinstein and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2002 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of our nation from pre-Columbian times is not a dry collection of dates and facts but rather a dramatic story filled with twists and turns, heroes and villains, and even comic relief. Photos & illustrations.

A Story of America First

Author : Bill Kauffman
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 9780275975128
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book A Story of America First written by Bill Kauffman and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The America First Committee, founded in September 1940 to keep the United States out of what became the Second World War, was the largest antiwar organization in American history. Its 800,000 members spanned the political spectrum from conservative Republican to Socialist; its spokesmen were prairie populists, Eastern patricians, and, most controversially, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh. Written in 1942, but unpublished until now, this study of the America First Committee by its chief researcher and Senate lobbyist, Ruth Sarles, sheds new light on this frequently misunderstood and misrepresented group. An introduction by Bill Kauffman assesses the place of Ruth Sarles and America First in American history. Ruth Sarles was at the center of the storm. An Ohio-born peace activist with the pacifist National Council for Prevention of War, Sarles knew all of the principals and had a ringside seat for the great debates that pitted isolationists against interventionists. In 1942 she wrote a firsthand history of the America First Committee. But a war was on, and dissent was scarce: her manuscript remained unpublished—until now. Ruth Sarles tells of America First's unlikely birth at the Yale Law School, its extraordinary growth as Middle Americans rallied to the antiwar banner, and the fierce controversies in which it became enmeshed. In this edition, Kauffman uncovers some fascinating sidelights to the era, including a pro-Lindbergh editorial by a student journalist named Kurt Vonnegut.