![]() ![]() My favorites are those chapters on armed conflict, particularly the War of Independence and the Civil War. One can take a section at a time, for example the story of the colonial Puritans, Washington's First Administration, Manifest Destiny and the New Deal. The storytelling continues over 1100 pages from prehistory America to 1963. Naval Operations in World War Two, and talked with almost every U.S. The author Samuel Eliot Morison (1887- 1976) served in the Second World War, wrote the monumental 15 volume History of U.S. The narrative flow combined with exquisite detail sets this history above others. It is Samuel Eliot Morison's "legacy" to his countrymen and aims "to re-create for my readers American ways of living in bygone eras." (Preface p vii) The mixture of political, social and economic history is presented without the academic baggage of footnotes. This book is more than a history of the United States. ![]()
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