Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never LearnedHarperCollins, 2020 M11 3 - 752 pages A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... turning points, it was the commanding presence of an individual—Washington, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, the Roosevelts, and Susan B. Anthony, to name a few—that determined events, rather than the force of any idea or movement. Great ...
... turning points, it was the commanding presence of an individual—Washington, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, the Roosevelts, and Susan B. Anthony, to name a few—that determined events, rather than the force of any idea or movement. Great ...
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... turned her notorious “sea dogs,” or gentlemen pirates, loose on Spanish treasure ships while also aiding the Dutch in their fight with Spain. The Dutch, meanwhile, were building the largest merchant marine fleet in Europe. When the ...
... turned her notorious “sea dogs,” or gentlemen pirates, loose on Spanish treasure ships while also aiding the Dutch in their fight with Spain. The Dutch, meanwhile, were building the largest merchant marine fleet in Europe. When the ...
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... turned on the Indians, and fighting between the groups was frequent and fierce. Once respected by the Indians, Smith became feared by them. Smith remained in Jamestown for only two years before setting off on a voyage of exploration ...
... turned on the Indians, and fighting between the groups was frequent and fierce. Once respected by the Indians, Smith became feared by them. Smith remained in Jamestown for only two years before setting off on a voyage of exploration ...
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... turning out to be a bust, and believed that the “Magazine,” a small group of Virginia Company members who exclusively supplied the colony's provisions, were draining off profits. A series of reforms was instituted, the most important of ...
... turning out to be a bust, and believed that the “Magazine,” a small group of Virginia Company members who exclusively supplied the colony's provisions, were draining off profits. A series of reforms was instituted, the most important of ...
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... turned the ship when he was supposed to, the little band would have gone to its intended destination, the mouth of the Hudson, future site of New York, and a settlement within the bounds of the Virginia Company's charter and authority ...
... turned the ship when he was supposed to, the little band would have gone to its intended destination, the mouth of the Hudson, future site of New York, and a settlement within the bounds of the Virginia Company's charter and authority ...
Contents
Jane Roe sue Wade? | |
From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
Is the Electoral College a Party School? A Presidential Election Primer | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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