A Documentary History of the United States

It was interesting. Very informative but it left out the achievements of women.......more

This is a wonderful collection of historical American documents, arranged chronologically from Tom Paine's Common Sense in 1776 to President Reagan's second inaugural address in 1985. The story these (mostly) eloquent essays tell is one that every American child should learn by high school—and that......more

There is an almost universal misconception that Britain is the parent country of the United States. The United States is the child of all nations of the world. Europeans migrated to this land of plenty for a myriad of reasons, from economic and political to the freedom from ecclesiastical restraints......more

This was, as I recall, one of the books in the family library--probably Dad's, but maybe Mom had it for her citizenship examination. In any case, students in Illinois were first required to read the federal and state constitutions, the Declaration of Independence and other politically foundational t......more

A great reference and a good read of all the key speeches, moments and and various other documents that have created American history. While I haven't read the whole book, I tend to read in reference and know that it contains almost every important speech in America's history.......more