Description: Eyewitness History is an interdisciplinary and multicultural series that reveals how significant events were seen and interpreted by people from all levels of society. Excerpts from primary sources -- memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and more -- provide a wide range of viewpoints and enhance a compelling narrative, prompting students to develop the critical-thinking skills that allow them to construct their own opinions about the people and their times.

A Complete Perspective

Each volume is a comprehensive and self-contained reference work that features:
-- Hundreds of eyewitness accounts that bring history to life
-- Essays starting each chapter, that provide historical context and that highlight major events and attitudes of the period
-- Chronologies that provide a detailed historical perspective
-- Contemporary illustrations and photographs
-- Excerpts from relevant documents of the day
-- Brief biographies of key individuals, personalizing historic events

Some volumes also contain maps and graphs that provide visual context, helping students gain a richer understanding of historical events.

A Rich Mosaic of Eyewitness Accounts from Past Eras

Excellent for students and general readers, the Eyewitness History series deepens readers' understanding.

In 1850, Horace Greeley uttered the celebrated: "Go west..." Westward Expansion collects the words and thoughts of those who did, including Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clarke, Sacajawea, John Sutter (whose mill was the focal point of the California Gold Rush), Richard Henderson (who organized the Pennsylvania Company), Jesse Chisholm, William Barrat Travis, and Amanda Burkes (TexasTrail driver).

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