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~ George Brown Tindall (Author), David E. Shi (Author)

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With nearly a million copies sold over five editions, America: A Narrative History is distinguished by its clear, colorful narrative and balanced incorporation of political history with social, cultural, and economic events. Retaining these classic strengths, the Sixth Edition introduces a new theme—the role of work in American life—and explores its social, political, and cultural dimensions. With an updated ancillary package that includes the new Norton Map Workbook in American History, America remains a superb choice for the US history survey.

About the Author

George Brown Tindall, Kenan Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina, has for many years been one of the country's most distinguished professors of American history. He is the author of several books, including South Carolina Negros, 1877-1900; the award-winning The Emergence of the New South, 1913-1945; The Disruption of the Solid South; and, most recently, The Ethnic Southerners. David E. Shi is president and professor of history at Furman University. Professor Shi was the Frontis W. Johnston Professor of History at Davidson College for more than a decade. His four books focus on American cultural history: Matthew Josephson, Bourgeois Bohemian; The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture; In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present; and, most recently, Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture.

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Paperback: 910 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co Inc; 6 edition (July 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393924262
ISBN-13: 978-0393924268
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding, September 15, 2004

By	J. Young (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I first encountered the Tindall/Shi American history books while a student in college. As a history major, I found that it was almost a requirement for history books to be boring. That is just not the case with this one. I would be lying if I said that there weren't parts of this book that drag, but there are parts of American history that just aren't too terribly interesting.

By and large, this narrative reads like a good novel. You are intrigued by the characters and events that shaped U.S. history, much as you would be by any number of fictional characters. And yet the narrative still manages to be detailed without overwhelming the reader too often, a nearly impossible task for history books.

The Volume One that I own is the Third Edition, and covers America's pre-colonial beginnings up through Reconstruction. I have found it to be a handy resource over the years with its recountings, not to mention the various charts and documents contained within the appendix. I doubt much has changed in subsequent editions, since the history of that era is pretty well established.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the few required readings that I enjoyed, December 20, 2006

By	Adam Byrd (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm a student at BSU and although I'm a history major I recognize that not all aspects of history are exciting or involving, but I was really taken aback by how much I enjoyed this book. The word "Narrative" is the key here, textbooks just don't have the same storytelling approach that books like this have. You'll laugh (a lot) and you'll cry with this book, but more importantly you'll learn a lot and gain an appreciation for what our founding fathers, the Natives, and the other world powers went through during this time. Buy this book, you won't be disappointed, but try and buy a used copy and save yourself a lot of money. To compliment this book I highly reccomend "Patriots, The Men who Started the Revolutionary War".

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5.0 out of 5 stars History at its best, June 1, 2008

By	D. S. ROGERS (Newark, DE) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book for backup information as I prepared to take the US History I CLEP exam. It was used in conjunction with Barron's EZ 101 American History to 1877 and REA CLEP US History I.
This book is far better than any other text book that I considered simply because it addressed all of the important topics and is so well written that I often forgot I was reading a "text book".
Because I needed to take the exam ASAP for my RN-MSN program, I did not have time to read this book cover to cover but now that the exam is over, I will be reading it from beginning to end just for the sheer enjoyment of it. It is truly history at its best.

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