America, the last best hope. Volume 1, From the Age of Discovery to a world at war, 1492-1914 /
From the Age of Discovery to a world at war, 1492-1914
William J. Bennett.
- Nashville, Tenn. : Nelson Current, c2006.
- xviii, 573 p.<1-2> : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
School Library Journal, August 2006 Library Journal, June 2006 Publisher's Weekly, March 2006
A comprehensive history of America from Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery to the beginning of World War I in 1914, covering major topics including the European conquest, Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the Jeffersonian era, slavery and emancipation, and the age of reform.