America: the last best hope
(Book)
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Published:
Nashville, Tenn. : Nelson Current, c2006-c2007.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
2 v. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Lexile measure:
1090L
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Description
A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated. A decade ago, William J. Bennett published a magisterial three-volume account of our nation's history. Now, Bennett returns to that bestselling trilogy, revising and condensing his epic tale into one volume, a page-turning narrative of our exceptional nation. In Bennett's signature gripping prose, Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Reagan, and others reemerge not as marble icons or dust-dry names in a textbook, but as full-blooded, heroic pioneers whose far-reaching vision forged a nation that attracted and still attracts millions yearning to breathe free. From the heroism of the Revolution to the dire hours of the Civil War, from the progressive reforms of the early 1900s to the civil rights reforms of the 1960s, from the high drama of the Space Race to the gut-wrenching tension of the Cold War, from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of global Communism to the attacks of 9-11 and the war on terror, William J. Bennett captures the players, personalities, and pivotal moments of American history with piercing insight and unrelenting optimism. In this gripping tale of a nation, the story of what Lincoln referred to as "the last best hope of earth" comes alive in all its drama and personality.
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973 BENNETT
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Language:
English
ISBN:
1595550550 , 9781595550552 , 9781595550576 , 1595550577
Lexile measure:
1090
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Bennett, W. J. 1. (20062007). America: the last best hope. Nashville, Tenn., Nelson Current.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bennett, William J. 1943-. 20062007. America: The Last Best Hope. Nashville, Tenn., Nelson Current.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bennett, William J. 1943-, America: The Last Best Hope. Nashville, Tenn., Nelson Current, 20062007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bennett, William J. 1943-. America: The Last Best Hope. Nashville, Tenn., Nelson Current, 20062007.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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..." | |
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