From These Beginnings: A Biographical Approach to American History / Edition 8

by Gregory Graves, Roderick Nash

Overview

From These Beginnings looks at history through engaging biographical portraits of well-known men and women whose contributions helped to create the nation and society.

Each biography offers a uniquely personal and provocative glimpse into the lives of these Americans and shows how their experiences are linked to historical events, covering everything from the environment to popular culture. From These Beginnings can be used as a stand-alone core text, or as a wonderful supplement to any U.S. History survey course, inviting students to see history not as a collection of names and dates, but as an evolving tale about people like themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205520725
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	11/26/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Christopher Columbus     1
John Winthrop     23
Benjamin Franklin     53
Abigail Adams     83
Thomas Jefferson     107
Tecumseh     141
Kit Carson     165
Frederick Douglass     201
Harriet Beecher Stowe     229
Robert E. Lee     251
Photo Credits     281
Index     283