Berkin Making America Volume A Breif Second Editionplus Binder the Way We Lived Volume One S... Book

This is a college freshman survey book of American History. It reads well, but moves too quickly over any given period and works best when complimented by additional academic texts. Overall it moves in a logical fashion and serves the purpose of providing a brief and general overview of American history through the Civil War and re-construction. The section on the Civil War was far too light. The Revolutionary War generally received the bulk of the text. Other books I supplemented my reading with include The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, and for fun - The Gangs of New York.