This edition includes new scholarship and revised writing in existing chapters. The clarity of the author's unique, anecdotal writing style successfully engages students in an exploration of unique historical characters and significant events.
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American Realities, Volume I: Historical Episodes from First Settlements to the Civil War, Seventh Edition
J. William T. Youngs
In American Realities, J. William T. Youngs vividly recreates the past through a collection of essays that integrate the lives of Americans with the events and issues of each period. Through the author’s unique anecdotal writing style, each historical figure reveals our common humanity, and at the same time illuminates the distinct worlds, people, and eras in American history. These colorful and compelling essays capture the immediacy and reality of life in past times, and seek to find depth among broader themes and patterns. Each chapter contains helpful features that aid student learning, such as thought-provoking Study Questions and in-depth Research Topic sections.
In Volume I of American Realities, learn about Puritanism through the death of John Winthrop’s wife Thomasine; learn about Western expansion through the Lewis and Clark Expedition; learn about women’s rights through the Seneca Falls Convention, and much more.
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