"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough "Douglas Brinkley's one-volume history is a riveting narrative of unique people who have come to call themselves American. There is no dust on these pages as the author brilliantly tells our national story with skill and brevity." In this rich and inspiring book, acclaimed historian 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.

"A magnificent book. . . . Bruce Lancaster's text is terse, rapid, lucid, and dramatic . . . filled with the color and excitement of a grim and bloody war." – The New York Times The American Heritage History of the American Revolution is the complete chronicle of the Revolutionary War told in full detail. Lancaster starts his story with an examination of colonial society and the origins of the quarrel with England. He details the ensuing battles and military campaigns from Lexington and Concord to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, as well as the tense political and social situation of the new nation. The American Heritage History of the American Revolution details the birth of America with insight and depth.

A sixteen volume history illustrated with contemporary materials and photographs: v. 1. The New World.--v. 2. Colonial America.--v. 3. The Revolution.--v. 4. A New Nation.--v. 5. Young America--v. 6. The Frontier.--v. 7. War with Mexico.--v. 8. The Civil War.--v. 9. Winning the West.--v. 10. Age of Steel.--v. 11. The Glided Age.--v. 12. A World Power.--v. 13. World War I and the Twenties.--v. 14. The Roosevelt Era.--v. 15. World War II.--v. 16. America Today.

A sixteen volume history illustrated with contemporary materials and photographs: v. 1. The New World.--v. 2. Colonial America.--v. 3. The Revolution.--v. 4. A New Nation.--v. 5. Young America--v. 6. The Frontier.--v. 7. War with Mexico.--v. 8. The Civil War.--v. 9. Winning the West.--v. 10. Age of Steel.--v. 11. The Glided Age.--v. 12. A World Power.--v. 13. World War I and the Twenties.--v. 14. The Roosevelt Era.--v. 15. World War II.--v. 16. America Today.

This is a revised edition by David Herbert Donald of his former professor J. G. Randall’s book The Civil War and Reconstruction, which was originally published in 1937 and had long been regarded as “the standard work in its field”, serving as a useful basic Civil War reference tool for general readers and textbook for college classes. This Second Edition retains many of the original chapters, “such as those treating border-state problems, non-military developments during the war, intellectual tendencies, anti-war efforts, religious and educational movements, and propaganda methods [...] bearing evidence of Mr. Randall’s thoroughgoing exploration of the manuscripts and archives,” whilst it expands considerably on other original chapters, such as those relating to the Confederacy. Still other portions have been entirely recast or rewritten, such as the pre-war period chapters and Reconstruction chapters, reflecting factual updates since Randall’s original publication. A must-read for all Civil War students and scholars.