A Nation Rising
Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History
New York : Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxvi, 294 pages ; 24 cm
"History in Davis's hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent--and memorable."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
Following on his New York Times bestsellers America's Hidden History and Don't Know Much About History, Ken Davis explores the next chapter in the country's hidden history: the gritty first half of the 19th century, among the most tumultuous in the nation's short life.
Contents:
Burr's trial -- Weatherford's war -- Madison's mutiny -- Dade's promise -- Morse's code -- Jessie's journey.
Subjects:
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9780061118203 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.