American Heritage History of the Unit..., Douglas Brinkley
American Heritage History of the Unit..., Douglas Brinkley
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American Heritage History of the United States

Author: Douglas Brinkley

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 23 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2017

Synopsis

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.

About Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley is currently a Professor of History at Rice University and a Fellow at the James Baker III Institute of Public Policy. He completed his bachelor's degree at Ohio State University and received his doctorate in U.S. Diplomatic History from Georgetown University in 1989. Five of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Douglas won the Benjamin Franklin Award for The American Heritage History of the United States (1998) and the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize for Driven Patriot (1993). He was awarded the Business Week Book of the Year Award for Wheels for the World and was also named 2004 Humanist of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

Douglas is contributing editor for Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and American Heritage. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Atlantic Monthly. He lives in Austin and Houston, Texas with his wife and three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on August 26, 2015

Excellent overview of US History. I highly recommend it as it might spur your interesting into really reading about different aspects of our history. It is an incredible story with so many diverse areas to study. Some might actually learn the truth about our history without all the political correct......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 04, 2023

American Heritage History of the United States Douglas Brinkley I have found Mr. Brinkley’s work to be even-handed and informative. This expansive work proves to be of the same caliber. While there are many segments which fans of American history will read and think “I knew that” these must be docume......more

Goodreads review by LGVReader on January 12, 2025

I heard about the author on a western U.S. documentary and decided to check this one out and although an avid history lover and reader of the history genre, this book took me longer to read than average. It takes the high level overview of American history and fly by of each president from Washingto......more

Goodreads review by Ken on June 14, 2019

Highlights the many people, challenges and events that shaped the USA The book never gets bogged down in the minutiae that goes with historical reviews. Instead, it keeps charging forward through American history providing an interesting overview of many historical events and characters. A very enjoy......more

Goodreads review by Zach on January 02, 2018

Other than A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I haven't read many historical works that can be expansive but also incisive. This one would work as a high school text but not really much more. And yes it took me six months to read it. On the kindle app. 1-2% at a time.......more

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