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Civil War: Promise of Reconstruction
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What the future would hold for slaves after the Civil War was presaged by the Port Royal “experiment” re-created in this program. Gideonite missionaries set out to educate 7,000 slaves abandoned by plantation owners in South Carolina, and to teach them small-business management. Tragically, the noble experiment was lost in a sea of profiteering.Part of “The Shaping of the American Nation” series, which re-creates some of the human drama, spectacle, and intellectual invention… More >>
Civil War: Promise of Reconstruction
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What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation
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This “anti-textbook” presents 200 of the most significant events in U.S. history in a refreshingly objective approach, easily browsed for short or long periods, with icons delineating every entry. A unique, accessible, enjoyable volume which explains how things turned out the way they did–in a nation forever reinventing itself.Amazon.com Review
If you’ve ever thought American history was as dry as the dust on an old battlefield, guess again. This engagi… More >>
What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation
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Great Minds of American History: The Civil War
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Princeton professor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Civil War expert James McPherson discusses the war that killed a larger percentage of the American population than any other war, in this episode of American Heritage’s Great Minds of American History series (also available on audiocassette). According to McPherson, Union and Confederate soldiers felt they were fighting to defend the same legacy, the institutions established by the founding fathers–self-government, maj… More >>
Great Minds of American History: The Civil War
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