The Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People

by Close Up Foundation Staff and Linda R. Monk

An excellent book to bring history alive for all ages. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932765475
• ISBN13: 9780932765475
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

This Book Has A Voice

I had to get this book for an online class when I was a freshman in high school. I'm 23 now and this book is still my US History bible. While it may not always have factoids or boring memorizations like traditional history books, it's first person experiences bring history alive for the reader. If you just can't seem to make history relate to you (or are having issues with your teen) this is a great book. The stories from those who lived it are both interesting and educational as well as eye opening. Enjoy our history.

needed for school

This was needed for online class and couldn't find it anywhere its a great book and came in fast and in pretty good condition as a matter of fact great condition

A superlative contribution to American history.

Ordinary Americans is an engaging and informative collection of almost two hundred first-person accounts of five hundred years of American history by ordinary, everyday people who lived through the events they describe. Editor Linda Monk draws from letters, diaries, autobiographical accounts, and interviews for this compendium of funny, moving, exasperating, often inspiring descriptions and reactions of the people. These men and women include Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, as well as Americans of various European ancestries. These multi-cultural everyday perspectives will enable modern readers of all ethnicities to discover shared experiences that define us all as Americans. Ordinary Americans is a superlative contribution to American history and is a highly recommended acquisition for personal, school and community library collections.

Interesting lives of ordinary Americans like me and you.

My son used this book at city college and brought it home when he was finished. He recommended it to our homeschooled 14 year old daughter. She loved it. The book got stolen along with some other books. My daughter ASKED me to get her another one. I think that tells it all.