American History Reviews
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Reviewed by Michael Oppenheim for American History MagazineBy Charles W. CalhounTimes Books, June 2005
Benjamin Harrison is the answer to a trivia question: Who is the only president (1889-93) whose predecessor and successor was the same man, Grover …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Reviewed by Mike OppenheimBy H.W. BrandsDoubleday, 2005
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was our most unlikable president: touchy, belligerent, prejudiced, poorly educated. The hatreds of his youth (Britain, banks, the Eastern establishment, Indians) stayed with him until his death. Yet …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Reviewed by Harris J. AndrewsBy David McCulloughSimon and Schuster, 2005
David McCullough's 1776 is one of those well-crafted popular histories that is certain to feature prominently on every history buff's reading list this summer. The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Reviewed by Steven MartinovichBy Derek HayesDouglas & McIntyre, 2004
North America through the eyes of its explorers.
In July 1536, after years traversing the American Southwest, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca arrived in Mexico City with three other …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Reviewed by Steven Martinovich By David Hackett FischerOxford University Press, 2004
Looking back on history, Americans tend to view the year 1776 through a Vaseline-coated lens. Determined to forge a new nation and throw off the shackles of British …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Reviewed by Mike Oppenheim By Russell ShortoDoubleday, 2004
In 1609 Henry Hudson, an Englishman employed by Holland, sailed up his eponymous river past Albany. He didn't find a route to Asia, for which everyone yearned, but he did report …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Reviewed by Philip Brandt George for American History MagazineBy Dennis M. Powers Citadel Press, 2005
As the world rallies in support of the victims of the recent tsunami in Southeast Asia, attorney and author Dennis M. Powers reminds us …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Reviewed by Mike OppenheimBy Joseph J. EllisKnopf, 2004
Among our founding fathers, Franklin was the wisest, Hamilton the most brilliant, Jefferson the most intellectual, Adams the greatest scholar and Madison the most sophisticated politician. Yet they all acknowledged …
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