AMERICAN REALITIES - VOL.1

In 'American Realities', J. William T. Youngs vividly recreates the past through a collection of essays that integrate the lives of Americans with the events and issues of each period. Through the author’s unique anecdotal writing style, each historical figure reveals our common humanity, and at the same time illuminates the distinct worlds, people, and eras in American history. These colorful and compelling essays capture the immediacy and reality of life in past times, and seek to find depth among broader themes and patterns. Each chapter contains helpful features that aid student learning, such as thought-provoking Study Questions and in-depth Research Topic sections.
In Volume I of American Realities, learn about Puritanism through the death of John Winthrop’s wife Thomasine; learn about Western expansion through the Lewis and Clark Expedition; learn about women’s rights through the Seneca Falls Convention, and much more. New to the Seventh Edition: revised annotated bibliographies throughout the text highlight the most recent scholarship. Increased coverage of the Middle Colonies, the Quakers, and Social Reform adds breadth and depth to the narrative. An updated first chapter now focuses on Chief Powhatan, the head of the most powerful Indian Confederacy on the Atlantic seaboard, and father of Pocahontas.