American History -- ASAP: As Simple as Possible

by Alan Axelrod

A concise, easy-to-read text of 200 chronologically ordered events that shaped American history from the early Native Americans to the present, this handy guide offers just the facts you need to know-as soon as possible.

€ How did a 17th century conflict become the costliest war America ever fought?
€ How did the Eighteenth Amendment make organized crime big business?
€ How did a failed vaudevillian ignite the infant medium of television?

Genres: Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2003

About the author

Alan Axelrod, Ph.D., is a prolific author of history, business and management books. As of October 2018, he had written more than 150 books, as noted in an online introduction by Lynn Ware Peek before an interview with Axelrod on the National Public Radio station KPCW. Axelrod resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews

[Jim Warnock]

I'm liking this book because I can learn some American history even when I only have a few minutes to read. The author makes cause and effect connections that I've never known or thought about before. This would be a good resource for adults and, based on what I've read so far, it would be an appropriate resource for students, too.