The Essential America

by George Brown Tindall, David Shi, Thomas Lee Pearcy

The Essential America is a fundamentals version of the Tindall/Shi narrative packaged in an eye-popping, four-color design. The oversized page and double-column layout make the text accessible and highlight the book’s impressive art program. The text’s outstanding pedagogy keeps the central themes of the narrative in sight throughout.

896 pages, Paperback

First published January 26, 2000

About the author

George Brown Tindall was a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1958 until his retirement in 1990. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Furman University in 1942 and, after service in the Army Air Force in World War II, earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina.