America: the last best hope

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Bennett, William J. (William John), 1943-

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America

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Available Copies	Location	Call Number
1 of 1	Bill (LPL) Nonfiction	973 Ben v.1
1 of 1	Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor	973/BEN v. 001
1 of 1	Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor	973/BEN v. 002
1 of 1	Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction	973 BENNETT
2 of 2	West Haven Main Adult Non-fiction	973 BEN

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c2006-c2007

Nelson Current

2 v. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

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1 of 1	Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Book on CD	CD 973 BENNETT

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2006

18 audio discs (approximately 20 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.,

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A history of America from its inception to the start of World War I.

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v. 1. From the age of discovery to a world at war, 1492-1914. Westward the course (1492-1607): Columbus -- The scramble for empire -- The rise of England -- A city upon a hill (1607-1765): Coming to America -- The great migration -- Expanding British rule -- Britain and France: conflict for a continent -- Religious and intellectual awakenings -- Britain and France: the final conflict -- The greatest revolution ( 1765-1783): Stamping out unfair taxes -- A total separation -- The shot heard 'round the world -- A continental war -- The French alliance -- The world turned upside down -- A dangerous place -- Reflection and choice: framing the Constitution (1783-1789): A critical period -- Madison -- Ratification -- The new republic (1789-1801): "The sacred fire of liberty" -- Madison's Bill of Rights -- Hamilton's new system -- Hurricane Genet -- John Adams -- The Revolution of 1800 -- The Jeffersonians (1801-1829): An empire for liberty -- Lewis & Clark -- Plots, trials, treason -- Jefferson's last years -- Mr. Madison's war -- The Battle of New Orleans -- An era of good feeling -- The Missouri Compromise -- The Monroe Doctrine -- The election of 1824 -- Adams and Jefferson die -- Jackson and democracy (1828-1849): From caucus to raucous: the election of 1828 -- The Peggy Eaton affair -- John C. Calhoun -- Our federal union must be preserved -- The tragedy of Indian removal -- Jackson's war on the bank -- "Old man eloquent" -- Tippecanoe and Tyler, too! -- Great Harry of the West -- Reannexing Texas and reoccupying Oregon -- The halls of Montezuma --
The rising storm (1849-1861): California and the compromise of 1850
Railroads and reform
"Bleeding Kansas"
Dred Scott
Lincoln meets Douglas
John Brown and Harpers Ferry
The election of 1860
Freedom's fiery trial (1860-1863): Secession winter (1860-61)
Fort Sumter
Civil War
The Trent Affair
1862: Year of Jubilee
Emancipation
A new birth of freedom (1863-1865): Gettysburg: The Confederacy's high-water mark
The agony of Abraham Lincoln
"Long Abraham a little longer"
The Union victorious
To bind up the nation's wounds (1865-1877): Pass in review
Thunder on the borders: South and North
Reconstruction and renewal
Impeachment
"Let us have peace"
A tragic divorce in freedom's ranks
The spirit of 1876
A dangerous dispute
An age more golden than gilded? (1877-1897): Reform, Roosevelts and reaction
Grover Cleveland: "Tell the truth!"
The Golden Door
Winning the west
A social gospel
A cross of gold
From the new world
The American dynamo: shadowed by war (1897-1914): "A splendid little war"
Rough Rider politics
Teddy Roosevelt in the White House, and the Square Deal
Wielding the big stick
The William Howard Taft interlude
Unsinkable, unthinkable
1912 election
Woodrow Wilson and the new freedom
"The lights are going out..."
v. 2. From a world at war to the triumph of freedom, 1914-1989.
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Volume 1: From the age of discovery to a world at war.

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United States -- History

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Contributors:

Shepherd, Wayne

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9781595550576
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