Publisher's Synopsis
Contributing Authors Include Thomas Benton, Walter Colton, William T. G. Morton, And Many Others. In Fourteen Volumes. Volume 1, Discovery And Exploration, 1000-1562; Volume 2, Colonization, 1562-1753; Volume 3, Revolution, 1753-1783; Volume 4, The Critical Period, 1783-1803; Volume 5, 1812, Before And After 1803-1820; Volume 6, The Developing Nation, 1820-1845; Volume 7, The Mexican War And Slavery, 1845-1861; Volume 8, The Civil War, 1861-1865; Volume 9, Reconstruction, 1865-1890; Volume 10, A New World Power, 1890-1914; Volume 11, The Great War, 1914-1916; Volume 12, America In The Great War And After, 1916-1925; Volume 13, Between Two Wars, 1928-1941; Volume 14, The Second World War, 1941-1945. A Library Of Original Sources.
