A Short Illustrated History of the United States: How the American People Lived and Worked, Spanned a Continent, and Achieved World Power

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[James Munves] has the gift of finding the particular detail that illuminates the whole… . The narrative comes out to be more than the sum of its parts. -Emily Maxwell, The New Yorker

The struggle for independence, the creation of a new government, westward expansion, regional differences, Civil War, social and economic change, Depression and world wars-all described and related the one to another in a smooth and knowledgeable narrative. -Nash K. Burger, The New York Times

The best short history that I have ever read. -Thurman Arnold

A model volume of its kind … Deserves wide acceptance. -Allan Nevins