America Firsthand: Volume One: Readings from Settlement to Reconstruction

by Robert D. Marcus, David Burner, Anthony Marcus

One of the most widely adopted primary source U.S. history readers, America Firsthand presents history in the words of the people who made it, inviting and provoking students to think critically about the past. The seventh edition continues to bring the past to life with more visual and textual sources that increase diversity, represent current scholarship, and engage students.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Firsthand source of some of the most important times in the history of the United States.

Books like this are important, and I find myself looking into this book at the most random times for reference.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as riveting as the second book, maybe because earlier history is more familiar or more remote.

[Rasma Haidri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might have liked history when I was a kid if it had been presented like this: firsthand documents, strong voices, and many more views of the way things were than the history books present. An important series of books.