Building the American Republic, Volume 1

A compelling narrative of the nation up to 1877—the first volume of “an extraordinary achievement by a master teacher and writer of American history” ( Journal of the Early Republic ). Building the American Republic, Volume 1 starts at sea and ends on the battlefield. Beginning with the earliest Americans and the arrival of strangers on the eastern shore, it then moves through colonial society to the fight for independence and the construction of a federalist republic. From there, it explains th