Beschreibung:
There is a tradition of one-volume narrative histories of the United States in which the political, military, diplomatic, social, and economic strands are skillfully interwoven
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Prologue, I. The Men of Destiny, II. A Civilization Established, III. America Secedes from the Empire, IV. The Nation Finds Itself, V. America Secedes from the Old World, VI. The Sun Rises in the West, VII. The North Begins to Hustle, VIII. Manifest Destiny Lays a Golden Egg, IX. Brothers' Blood, X. The End of the Frontier, XI. The Flag Outruns the Constitution, XII. The Age of the Dinosaurs, XIII. America Revisits the Old World, Epilogue, Index