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The History of America

Kieron Connolly

‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’ – Abraham Lincoln Is the story of the United States that of George Washington, John Adams and Donald... Read moreRead less

‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’ – Abraham Lincoln

Is the story of the United States that of George Washington, John Adams and Donald Trump? Or of slave rebel Nat Turner, of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King? Or Sitting Bull and Al Capone? Or Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and OJ Simpson? Of course, it is the story of all these, of both civil war and world war, of gold rush and dust bowl, of the Pilgrim Fathers and religious cults, of Prohibition and the Mafia, of the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy-era witch-hunts. From the Iroquois and early European settlers to the Revolutionary War and Civil War, from slavery to segregation, from the frontier to the Reservations, The History of America is a chronological examination of the United States through politics, labour, big business, crime and culture. Featuring such varied characters as Thomas Jefferson and John Brown, Bugsy Siegel and J P Morgan, Calamity Jane, Chuck Berry and Bonnie & Clyde, it tells the story of the first ‘new nation’, the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule, and how it became the world’s most powerful country. Extensively researched and illustrated with 180 artworks and illustrations, The History of America is a lively and fascinating account of the story of the United States.

Format: 244 x 186mm pb
Extent: 224pp
Word count: 58,000
Illustrations: 180 photos, maps and artworks
ISBN: 9781838862725

Kieron Connolly

Kieron Connolly’s books include Abandoned Places, Abandoned Castles, Dark History of Hollywood and Bloody History of America. As a journalist he has written for the Daily Mail and The Times, and currently works for the Mail on Sunday.

ISBN: 9781838862725 pb UK and RoW [Not available in North America]

ISBN: 9781782745747 epub

ISBN: 9781782745754 kindle

No longer available:

ISBN: 9781782744979 hb [OOP]

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