My father's review: 2/08/07This biography follows the development of Franklin’s personality, status, and effect on the world. It does not conflict with the excellent 2003biography by Edmund S. Morgan that was more conventional in reporting the amazing facts of his life. For more than 100 years c...
The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in the newest volume in the series, one of America's most...
Within a decade after Independence was declared, many Revolutionary leaders had come to doubt the way America was going. Not only were they aware that the Confederation was too weak to accomplish its tasks, both at home and abroad, but they were also having second thoughts about the immense power...