Ideal Audience

This book is ideal for any introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing.

Purpose and Focus

It’s designed to supplement a main text, and focuses on "personalized history" presented through engaging biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from the colonial period to 1877.

Approach and Perspective

Historical patterns and trends appear as they are seen through individual lives, and the selection of the profiled individuals reflects a cultural awareness and a multicultural perspective.