The popular historian shares his views of his own life and on the history of America, in a series of reflections on the Founding Fathers, Native Americans, Theodore Roosevelt, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, and the writing of history.
the great plays and the history of England in the Middle Ages, 1337-1485
Norwich, John Julius
2001
Norwich draws on his knowledge of both the Middle Ages and of Shakespeare's era to reveal why Shakespeare telescoped time, ignored certain facts, and embellished or created characters.
the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland
Faragher, John Mack
2005
Chronicles the history of the French Acadians, the French-speaking Catholic inhabitants of eighteenth-century Nova Scotia, and their expulsion by the colonial governments of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, which lasted from 1755 to 1763.
learning and unlearning American history through 200 years of textbooks
Ward, Kyle Roy
2010
Historian Kyle Ward examines the ways that historical events have been described in textbooks from different eras, including accounts of Columbus's first voyage, the Salem witch trials, the Philippine American War, and more.
Discusses how the lives of the fifty-six founders of the United States and the events that led to the formation of the nation have been interpreted and reinterpreted throughout two hundred years of the country's history.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe eighty-eight ethnic groups that have lived in the South since the Mississippian period, and discusses how each group uses folklore, religion, music, literature, and other cultural expressions to maintain its identity.
