An American Primer

About this book

From the Mayflower Compact of 1620 to President Johnson's 1965 Address of Voting Rights, here are documents that will endure as long as our nation exists. The eighty-three selections in this volume span the spectrum of American political, economic and cultural history as it was made, and as it was lived. All are put in clear perspective as they are analyzed by distinguished historians."Splendid and generous reading ... a rich, vivid, and comprehensive piece of Americana." —The New York Times Book Review