America: A Narrative History

by David Emory Shi and George Brown Tindall

Book Overview

America has sold more than 1.8 million copies over the past eight editions because it's a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling, colorful anecdotes, and biographical sketches make... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393961540
• ISBN13: 9780393961546
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: R.S. Means Company
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An impressive study and an easy read

A huge book that traces the history of America from pre-Columbus through present day. Although considered by many to be a "text book" for study, it is not written in that format. It reads easily and clearly. It is non-biased and informative. The pictures are helpful. It's the first book on American history that I have been able to finish. Although expensive, I think that every book collection should have a copy and it is an essential part of any history collection.

THE BOOK for any AP US History exam

My AP US History class used this book as its textbook. Statistics speak for themselves: anyone who read and studied the book got a 5! It is one of the most comprehensive texts in American history ever published. George Tindall, the primary author, is a wonderful and knowledgable man who I have met in Chapel Hill,NC. An excellent buy!

A wonderful resource

Tindall, in his 5th edition of this superb text, provides a quintessential guide to American history. Useful for late High School and underclassmen University courses in United States History, Tindall offers plenty of "raw" history. Analytical comment is kept to a minimum, to allow the reader or student to explore on his or her own. One hopes that the lack of primary sources or analytical material in Tindall's text will lead readers to seek out other sources before drawing their own conclusions.Tindall and his co-author, David Shi, do NOT provide a one-stop, all-you-need-to-know guide to US history. Instead, they provide the framework around which one can begin to shape one's own opinions. As one who studied from Tindall as a student and now teaches from Tindall in a private school, I applaud his successful effort once again.

Excellent book and resource

I am a Political Science student, and used this text in A.P. U.S. History in high school. In high school I found that it is, as other reviewers have mentioned, not only packed with information, but occasionally recites short, funny stories and interesting tidbits not found in normal, dry history books. Today, as I do a lot of research and writing for Political Science, I find that I am constantly referring to it to look up all sorts of information listed in tables in the back or to read a paragraph about this or that. It is a wonderful text and a resource for any student in the Social Sciences, or anyone interested in America's history, particularly political history.

An excellent and informative book.

As an A-Level History student studying U.S. history, I have found this book invaluable in revision and essay writing. Information is easily accessed, and it is a concise and to-the-point text. Far better in many respects to Hugh Brogan's text, I would highly recommend it to all students.