The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War

Description: Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other historical figures, both famous and obscure. In these pieces, the living voices of the past speak to us from opposing viewpoints--from ... (more)

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Release date: 13 January 2000
ISBN-10 : 0195116704 | ISBN-13: 9780195116700

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