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A collection of over 400 letters from famous and ordinary Americans that portray the people, places and events that shaped the twentieth century.

A collection of contemporary accounts of daily life from the Civil War era.

Chronicles the major events and people who helped to make the Roaring Twenties exciting including Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone.

Provides an account of everyday life in Hitler's Germany as recorded between 1933 and 1941 in the secret diaries of historian Victor Klemperer, a Dresden Jew and World War I veteran.

A comprehensive history of American presidential elections written by prominent historians and political scientists, which describes the issues and events that shaped each election up to 2000 and presents primary documents and resources such as candidates' letters and party platforms.

An annotated collection of letters written by Americans to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in which they offered criticism and advice, and made threats and appeals; including a selection of missives from African-Americans originally routed to the War Department's Colored Troops Bureau that Lincoln never saw.

Contains forty-seven notable political speeches from throughout the history of the United States, from Patrick Henry's 1775 address before the Virginia Convention, to Barack Obama's 2008 meditation on race.