The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery Through the Civil War

by David Brion Davis

Book Overview

Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do.
Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195116704
• ISBN13: 9780195116700
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 10.0"