In this riveting account of the bloodiest war fought on America soil, Brooks D. Simpson recounts the events of the conflict from the opening salvo at Fort Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox Court House and the bitter years of reconstruction that followed. Beautifully illustrated throughout, featuring ...
A history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965-and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and moreThe 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach. But ...
Revealing the innermost thoughts of both famous citizens and men and women forgotten by history, this book explores life on the battlefield and the home front, capturing the astonishing perseverance of the men and women caught up in this most brutal of conflicts.
