Davis, Kenneth C

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the classic anti-textbook uses a question-and-answer format to offer a chronological, informal introduction to American history.

Examines the childhood and youth, education, early surveying career, life in the military, and presidency of George Washington.

Explores the hardships faced by American pioneers, both on the trail and in frontier towns, using a question and answer format.

Question-and-answer format provides information about American history from exploration of the New World through the present.

Questions and answers present information about who the Pilgrims were, how and why they came to America on the Mayflower, and what happened in the colony of New Plymouth.

Provides information about world myths, in a question and answer format, and includes descriptions of the tales of ancient Greece, Norse mythology, African stories, and the written and oral traditions of the Middle East, Far East, and Mediterranean.

Presents an introduction to the Civil War, discussing the people, politics, and key events of the conflict, highlighting the role of African Americans and women, and presenting a number of little-known historical facts.

A crash course on the Civil War, discussing the people, politics, and key events of the conflict, highlighting the role of African Americans and women, and presenting a number of little-known historical facts.

Contains an introduction to world mythology, presented in a question and answer format, and including time lines that cover the development of human culture.

Tells the life story of the third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson, describing his years as a statesman, his contributions in the areas of philosophy, science, and architecture, and his little-known interests and hobbies, and includes illustrations, a chronology, and a further reading list.