This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing the rich mosaic of American life from the pre-contact era to the

Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Spri

A contemporary oral history documenting what Native Americans from 16 different tribal nations say about themselves and the world around them.

Provides a history of New York from the arrival of the Dutch to its becoming independent from the British.

This book uses 27 firsthand accounts from actual participants to help readers experience what life was like between 1775 and 1782.