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An American Tragedy (Signet Classics Ser.)
by Theodore DreiserThis epic of class, ambition, and murder in the early twentieth century is &“[a] masterpiece…America&’s Crime and Punishment&” (Kirkus Reviews). Theodore Dreiser&’s An American Tragedy is the story of a weak-willed young man who is both a villain and a victim of the valueless, materialistic society around him. Inspired by the true story of an early twentieth-century murder and adapted into a classic film under the title A Place in the Sun, An American Tragedy follows Clyde Griffiths as he is drawn into a circle of wealthy friends despite his own poverty-stricken background. Leaving the needs of his family behind as he buys expensive presents to impress a rich girl, Clyde finds that his new life leads him into a tragedy born of recklessness. Yet he continues to yearn ambitiously for money and status—a desire that will be his downfall. &“Dreiser is widely regarded as the strongest of the novelists who have written about America as a business civilization. No one else confronted so directly the sheer intractability of American social life and institutions.&”—The New Yorker
The American Vision: Volume 2 (Alabama Edition)
by Joyce Appleby Alan Brinkley Albert S. BroussardLearn more about the history of America through original documents by and about the people who made it.
The American Vision: Modern Times
by Joyce Appleby Alan Brinkley Albert S. Broussard James M. Mcpherson Donald A. RitchieThe compelling story of American history since reconstruction The American Vision Modern Timespresents the rich saga of American history after the Civil War. Adapted from the modern history portion ofThe American Vision, this program features the same exceptional scholarship, accurate maps, peerless resources, and unique strategies found inThe American Vision.
The American Vision: Modern Times (Tennessee edition)
by Joyce Appleby Donald A. Ritchie James M. Mcpherson Albert S. Broussard Alan BrinkleyWelcome to United States History studies and to Glencoe's The American Vision: Modern Times. The content of this course focuses on the political, economic, and social events that have shaped the United States. You will be viewing and interpreting periods in U.S. history from various perspectives, including historical, geographic, political, economic, and cultural.
The American Vision (Florida Edition)
by Joyce Appleby Alan Brinkley Albert S. Broussard James M. Mcpherson Donald A. RitchieWelcome to United States History and The American Vision. We have written this text with several goals in mind. First, we want you to succeed in this course. We also want you to succeed on the FCAT, Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test. To help you, we have noted the major Sunshine State Standards covered by each lesson.
The American Vision (Georgia)
by Joyce Appleby Alan Brinkley Albert S. BroussardPut the work of a Pulitzer prize-winning author in your students'hands every day "The American Vision" boasts an exceptional author team with specialized expertise in colonial, Civil War, 20th-century, and Civil Rights history. The full panorama of American history comes alive through their vivid and accurate retelling, and the co-authorship of National Geographic ensures that the program's new maps, charts, and graphs are correct to the last detail.
The American Vision (New York Edition)
by Joyce Appleby Alan Brinkley Albert S. Broussard James M. Mcpherson Donald A. Ritchie The National Geographic SocietyThe content of this course focuses on the political, economic, and social events that have shaped the United States. The textbook includes a variety of tools designed to help students to be successful as they study U.S. history.
The American West
by Dee BrownRenowned storyteller Dee Brown, author of the bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, recreates the struggles of Native Americans, settlers, and ranchers in this stunning volume that illuminates the history of the old West that’s filled with maps and vintage photographs.Beginning with the demise of the Native Americans of the Plains, Brown depicts the onrush of the burgeoning cattle trade and the waves of immigrants who ultimately “settled” the land. In the retelling of this oft-told saga, Brown has demonstrated once again his abilities as a master storyteller and an entertaining popular historian. By turns heroic, tragic, and even humorous, The American West brings to life American tragedy and triumph in the years from 1840 to the turn of the century, and a roster of characters both great and small: Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Dull Knife, Crazy Horse, Captain Jack, John H. Tunstall, Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, Wild Bill Hickok, Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, Buffalo Bill, and many others. The American West is about cattle and the railroads; it is about settlers who came to claim a land not originally their own and how they slowly imposed law and order on these wild and untamed places; and it is about the wanton destruction of the Native American way of life. This is epic history at its best and popular history at its most readable. This new work is culled from Dee Brown’s highly acclaimed writings, which instantly established him as one of America’s foremost Western authorities. Fully revised, rewritten, and edited into one seamless account of America’s most famous frontier, this epic narrative, along with the introduction and a chronological table of events, etches an unforgettable and poignant portrait. The American West is at once a tribute to the West and a majestic new peak for a writer whose long and successful career has been synonymous with excellence in frontier history.
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by Sherri L. Smith Elizabeth WeinFrom the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.&“This beautiful and brilliant history of not only what it means to be Black and dream of flying but to, against every odd, do so, completely blew me away.&” —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award Winner for Brown Girl DreamingIn the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to move to France to earn their wings?American Wings follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon Bragg, a nurse; and Willa Brown, a teacher and social worker. Together, they created a flying club and built their own airfield south of Chicago. As the U.S. hurtled toward World War II, they established a school to train new pilots, teaching both Black and white students together and proving, in a time when the U.S. military was still segregated, that successful integration was possible.Featuring rare historical photographs, American Wings brings to light a hidden history of pioneering Black men and women who, with grit and resilience, battled powerful odds for an equal share of the sky.
Americanized: Rebel Without A Green Card
by Sara Saedi<P>The hilarious, poignant, true story of one teen's experience growing up in America as an undocumented immigrant from the Middle East. <P>At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. <P>Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being a teenager. She desperately wanted a green card, along with clear skin, her own car, and a boyfriend. <P>From discovering that her parents secretly divorced to facilitate her mother's green card application to learning how to tame her unibrow, Sara pivots gracefully from the terrifying prospect that she might be kicked out of the country to the almost-as-terrifying possibility that she might be the only one without a date to the prom. This moving, often hilarious story is for anyone who has ever shared either fear.
The Americans: Beginnings to 1914
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century (Florida)
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century (Michigan)
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Beginnings to 1914 (Alabama)
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century (Alabama)
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. KriegerNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochNew Jersey edition of The Americans. New Jersey materials in front, otherwise identical to national edition.
The Americans: Reconstruction Through the 20th Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochYou live in a nation founded on dreams of freedom, opportunity, and progress. The most enduring of these visions is the American dream--the belief held by most Americans that if they work hard and play by the rules, then they and their children will be better off.
The Americans
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochYou live in a nation founded on dreams of freedom, opportunity, and progress. The most enduring of these visions is the American dream--the belief held by most Americans that if they work hard, and play by the rules, then they and their children will be better off.
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochThe Americans focuses on nine themes, described on these pages. As you study U.S. history, you will encounter these and other themes again and again. The Thematic Review on pages 192-197 and the Tracing Themes features organize major events in United States history around these themes.
The Americans
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century
by Gerald A. Danzer J. Jorge Klor de Alva Larry S. Krieger Louis E. Wilson Nancy WolochThis is more of a story of the United State laid out in different themes. These themes include: America in world affairs, economic opportunity, science & technology, diversity & the national identity, women & political power, immigration & migration, rights etc