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Author Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975, editor.

Title The American reader, from Columbus to today : being a compilation or collection of the personal narratives, relations and journals concerning the society, economy, politics, life and times of our great and many-tongued nation / by Paul M. Angle ; illustrations by Franz Altschuler.

Imprint New York : Rand McNally, [1958]

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 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  973 An46a c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  973 An46a 1958 c.3  ---  Lib Use Only
Description xvi, 703 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A new continent, 1492-1692 -- Life in Colonial America, 1730-1778 -- France loses an empire, 1745-1763 -- Toward Revolution, 1765-1775 -- Independence, 1774-1776 -- The War for Independence, 1776-1782 -- The new nation, 1787-1807 -- Westward, 1769-1820 -- The War of 1812, 1811-1815 -- Young America, 1816-1850 -- Beyond the Mississippi, 1831-1852 -- The fabric of society, 1832-1855 -- A nation dividing, 1834-1860 -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Post-war years, 1865-1893 -- Nation in ferment, 1862-1913 -- Enjoying life, and learning, 1865-1906 -- The United States becomes a world power, 1898-1910 -- The Progressive Era, 1896-1916 -- The First World War, 1914-1921 -- "Normalcy," 1920-1937 -- The New Deal, 1933-1945 -- World War II, 1941-1945 -- The United States in an uneasy world, 1945-1958.
Summary American history starting from Columbus discovery of America through all of the historic happenings to establish our United States up to and including The Explorer in 1958.
Subject United States -- History -- Sources.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States -- History -- Sources.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author Altschuler, Franz, illustrator.

 
    
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