The American Pageant, AP Edition, Updated

by David and Cohen, Lizabeth Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen

The reputable authors of The American Pageant combine excellent scholarship with a witty, engaging narrative style and creative look at U.S. History to build critical thinking skills and a love of American history. The American Pageant, the best-selling AP US History text, is a clear and approachable book for any student studying American history. The Updated 16th Edition completely aligns to the 2015 Framework announced by the College Board in August 2015.

Genres: School, Read For School, History, Textbooks, Nonfiction

1008 pages, Hardcover

Published January 12, 2016

Reviews

[Laurel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book uses the word "yeasty" too many times. More times than should be allowed in a textbook.

[Izzy. · Rating 2 out of 5]

“The metallic fingers of the railroad intimately touched countless phases of American life.”

not my favorite read of the year. kinda funny at some points but in an annoying way. too long, this could easily be cut down a few hundred pages. plot was kinda funny on this one there was a lot going on at once which i give it credit for. characters were mid, didn’t feel myself attached to any of them. overall i would not read again

[Trini]

I wasn't going to count this when I actually read it back in May, but I've now realized how hopelessly behind I am in my reading challenge, so I'm giving up the last shred of dignity I have and adding this

highlights: John Adams's Jackasses, random tangents about wartime hookups and politicians' romantic woes, one too many political cartoons drawing Thomas Jefferson as a barnyard animal (think cursed photoshop but worse)

I think that this + my teacher who wore Soviet Union shirts, watched CNN in the middle of class, and talked more about what book he was reading at the time than what was on the AP test truly made APUSH for me <3

[Layla Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not need to know about Polk’s chronic diarrhea.

[cara · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is hilarious. many chicken comparisons. many extraneous details that give the appearance of a founding father fanfiction.
5/5

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i cried as many times as there are pages in this thing

[viv megenhardt]

Don’t let me ever contribute to history because I am petrified Kennedy and Cohen will describe me and forever ruin my reputation and self image

[samantha · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book is bad i want cry every time i think about it. i have never wanted to burn a book more in my entire life. why write such a bad book? what’s the point? this book made me very uncomfortable at certain times, and the adjectives used should never be used ever again 👎 -1000/10 would never read again

[Marielle Mullen · Rating 3 out of 5]

far too many weird adjectives. i think the authors are in love with thomas jefferson bc they spent A LOT of time describing him.

[Diana Sánchez · Rating 1 out of 5]

HORRIBLE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WRITE 0% RECOMMEND!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[emma ⋆｡°✩]

um I basically read this whole thing! Definitely DID NOT use apnotes.net

[Graciela Batlle · Rating 1 out of 5]

WORST BOOK FOR AN AP COURSE VERY CONFUSING WRITING HORRIBLE ORGANIZATION OF EVENTS DO NOT RECOMMEND

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good not a great history read, so long as you can skim and extrapolate swiftly like a historian reads for the important elements of history, i.e., noting patterns, context and themes. Tons of wormholes that have little to do with the significance of movements and events. For example, the hight and appearance of xyz General, or the author’s right leaning biases which color the lenses through which events are presented and contextualized throughout. The fact that in the chapter covering WWII, they spend one (1) tiny subsection on the Holocaust but countless sections on military strategy and political campaigning/elections leaves me bereft of substantive takeaways from each chapter without conducting corollary work. Sad for students that THIS is College Board’s required textbook for AP History.

[Gazelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

top tier comedy

[Sukriti · Rating 2 out of 5]

made me cry

[Belle Whiteherse · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars for the iconicness of this book

[Abigail halttunen · Rating 1 out of 5]

usa🦅🦅

[Becci · Rating 1 out of 5]

I cracked open this sucker last night (over two weeks after my AP test) because I have to return it to my teacher today, and I want to prove that I read something. I read the section on John C. Calhoun, my favorite person in US history because of his strange face, but it was much too brief for such an important figure in American history. It was a lot easier to find all the sections on Henry Slay than Johnny, and that was very upsetting. I love Heimler more than words can explain. Thanks to him, I got an A in my class and a 0 on my exam. I read the part about WW2 very briefly, and I found out that Hitler killed himself ! Quientin Tarnetino and David Lynch are both mentioned, which is very unimportant to American history but they are very cool people. Also, I learned that Clinton had SEX with an intern. What a naughty boy.

[Avery Benderoff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Long, long, long

[Soren ♤ · Rating 1 out of 5]

this textbook is by far the most atrocious thing i have ever laid my eyes upon.

[Vee · Rating 2 out of 5]

too heavy

[Kharisma Vreeland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a fan.

[Ruchama · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF'ed about a month before the APUSH exam, was extremely unhelpful and downright annoying. The way the textbook was written sounded like the authors enjoyed writing it and thought students would enjoy reading about past president's secret romances and other unimportant information. It was overall annoying, confusing and should only be read by people who LIKE reading about history written like this. To future APUSH students: save yourself and follow Heimler's advice, use a textbook like the Princeton Review or Barron's that is written to prepare you for the exam. Only use this textbook for class and not as preparation for the exam. The Princeton is what got me through for the exam.

[Trinity Benstock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heh. Heh. I read all the APUSH textbook and you didn’t! I’m so clever!


Really a brilliant work of synthesis and context for a cram, bam, jam curriculum. Appreciated their constant inclusion of culture aspects teacher’s usually do not cover (e.g literature, architecture, women, indigenous people, food.). I would probably reread again in 40 years.

[Maria Triana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Longest book I've ever read, good read even though it was for my history class! Even though it speaks from a very American point of view, it was very impartial when it came to international issues/events, which I loved.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve maybe actually read this thing thoroughly 7 times. So funny at parts, but also, I hate this book.

[Paige Scherbert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Can we talk about how mean it was to call Martin van Buren Martin van ruin. That's so unbelievably mean its not his fault evil Jackson destroyed the national bank. #justicefordearmartin

[Jordan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This honestly wasn't as bad as the other textbooks that I have had to read. Probably gonna get a 4 on the exam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paige turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

i didn't read this whole thing but i did survive apush yay

[kayla]

I cant believe its over. So many tears and laughs with this masterpiece. I really liked the metaphoric language especially with chickens and the highly specific descriptions of each president. Rip polk