What Every American Should Know about American History

by Alan Axelrod and Alan Alelrod

Book Overview

Brief essays describe pivotal events that shaped United States history, from Leif Ericson's exploration of Vinland to the end of the Cold War and the Rodney King incident.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558503099
• ISBN13: 9781558503090
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Snapshots of American History

Excellent summaries of the great events which took place in American history. It helped me immensely when I was writing stories about my ancestors. I checked in the book for the events happening in their "timeline." A nice little book to own. I recommend it!!

For someone who wants a VERY concise overview of A.H.

1 - If you are looking for in-depth coverage of American history, this is not it. This is about two pages on each of 200 events that are important on American History. I promise you will not come out of here knowing everything you need to know about American History. 2 - It is, however, a great follow up book - or good reference. I read this after reading "A People's History of the U.S." and it really helped clear some things up.3 - This is not biased left or right. I think most textbooks we read in school are biased towards the corporations and government (not saying it's a conspiracy, but after reading other books, that's just my take.) "People's History" and other books are way left, shunning the corporations and anyone who did anything bad to the individual. This is neither, and that's nice. It's just a short recap of each event.4 - I really like this book and would recommend it. It is a great supplement to any other A.H. book, and is great for those who are short on time or who can't focus for too long.

Excellent American History "Cliff Notes"

Excellent book for learning about American History without getting too invovled in each event. If you are familiar with the subject the book is organized in a manner to which you can easily skip it and go on to the next event. Each passage is only about 2-3 paragraphs.

Interesting and very readable.

For someone who enjoys history, this is the perfect book to carry along when you may have short (or long) periods of time to kill. For someone not fascinated by historic events, this is a good, painless way to gain a grasp of history's effect on the present. Presented in small doses, it's very interesting, readable, and portable.