American History Reviews
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
CRAZY HORSE: THE LIFE BEHIND THE LEGEND, Mike Sajna, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 378 pages, $27.95.The American West has produced more than its share of legendary figures, but few are as renowned as Crazy Horse, the last free-ranging …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
FROM COLONIALS TO PROVINCIALS: AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE 1680-1760, by Ned C. Landsman, Twayne Publishers, 238 pages, $29.95.Author Ned Landsman draws on a wide range of sources to examine an often neglected period in American history–the years between the …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
ROBERT E. LEE'S CIVIL WAR, by Bevin Alexander, Adams Media Corporation, 338 pages, $24.95.If old soldiers never die, nor do the debates about their place in history. For generations Robert E. Lee's reputation as a military commander remained relatively …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
THE AMERICAN WEST: LIVING THE FRONTIER DREAM, by James R. Arnold and Roberta Wiener, Blandford Press, $29.95.Arnold and Wiener make use of diaries, letters, and black and white photographsand illustrations to recreate the daily life of the average European …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
MAPPING AMERICA'S PAST: A HISTORICAL ATLAS, edited by Mark C. Carnes and John A. Garraty, with Patrick Williams (Henry Holt and Company, 287 pages, $50.00). Nearly four hundred color maps created especially for this book, along with more than 120 …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE, by Kent McCallum, with photographs by Thomas Neill (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 224 pages, $45.00). Through almost 200illustrations, including 84 in color, this attractive book, the first written about Old Sturbridge Village (OSV), offers a glimpse oflife …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
ULYSSES S. GRANT: TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY, 1822-1865, by Brooks D. Simpson, Houghton Mifflin, 576 pages, $35.00.IN his Personal Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant expressed a wish "to see truthful history written." Brooks D. Simpson undertook his study of Grant with …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
THE STRANGE DEATHS OF PRESIDENT HARDING, by Robert H. Ferrell (University of Missouri Press, 208 pages, $24.95). The deathof Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) during his tenure as twenty-ninth president ofthe United States was followed by numerous allegations about his White …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
FAST FOOD: ROADSIDE RESTAURANTS IN THE AUTOMOBILE AGE, by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, Johns Hopkins University Press, 380 pages, $34.95.Fast food was a staple of the American diet, and of the American roadside landscape, long before …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
WITNESS TO AMERICA: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO MODERN TIMESedited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins (Lou Reda Productions/Barnes and Noble Books, 1227 pages, $15.95).Originally published in 1949 as The Heritage of …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD ON AUTHORSHIP , edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli with Judith S. Baughman (University of South Carolina Press, 203 pages, $29.95). Bruccoli and Baughman have assembled letters, book reviews, articles, and notes authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry, and Transportation Won the Civil War, by Benjamin W. Bacon, Presidio Press, Novato, California, (415) 898-1081, 288 pages, $24.95. This book has a hopeful title. In assessing the Civil War, sometimes too much attention …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
OLD HICKORY'S WAR: ANDREW JACKSON AND THE QUEST FOR EMPIRE by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler (Stackpole Books, 310 pages, $24.95). This stimulating study of the life of AndrewJackson (1767-1845), the seventh president of the United States, focuses …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
WITH HEROIC TRUTH: THE LIFE OF EDWARD R. MURROW, by Norman H. Finkelstein, Clarion Books, 175 pages, $17.95. IN SEARCH OF LIGHT: THE BROADCASTS OF EDWARD R. MURROW 1938-1961, edited by Edward Bliss, Jr., Da Capo Press, 376 pages, $14.95.…
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: THE AMERICAN WEST IN POPULARCULTURE, edited by Richard Aquila (The University of Illinois Press, 323 pages, $29.95).This anthology presents a comprehensive look at the significance of the West inAmerican history and culture through the writings …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
WE AMERICANS: CELEBRATING A NATION, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS PAST, National Geographic Books, $40.00.THE events that have shaped America are well detailed in this visually outstanding book featuring more than 400 photographs and illustrations from the collections of the …
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