Richard B. Morris

Covering the crucial years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government, The Forging of the Union may be considered a sequel to Richard B. Morris's Bancroft Award-winning book, The Peacemakers. Reexamining an enormous fund of original sources and the latest monographs, Morris treats the Confederation interlude as an extraordinary, if brief, period of trial and experimentation. Grave doubts were entertained on a wide variety of issues: the survival of an American union, perpetuation of republican values, the power of a strengthened central government to deal with the great European states, prosperity, sectional tensions, and secessionist murmurings. Would a durable union in fact perpetuate a government by the elite to the detriment of the common people? - Back cover.

Surveys the decisive years, 1789-1801, of the American Republic when the leadership of the Federalists formed a solid base for the government and the future of a nation.

Character sketches of Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jay, Madison, and Hamilton emphasize their reasons for turning against Britain and their prominence in the American Revolution.

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray a period of much change and growth in the United States, the administrations of Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk.

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the events in Europe and the United States before, during, and after World War I.

Relates the history of the western expansion beyond the Mississippi through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports and selections from key public documents.

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray those years of explosive growth following the Civil War during which the United States became the world's most important industrial nation.

Traces the events of the fifteen year period following World War II through accounts drawn from letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, selections from key public documents, and other contemporary sources.

Traces the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of World War I through eye-witness accounts, letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, selections from key public documents, and other contemporary sources.

Relates the history of the colonial period through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, and selections from key public documents.

Relates the history of the Revolution through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, and selections from key public documents.

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the history of and way of life in the United States between the two world wars.

Easygoing Travis and his sister, Paige, an impassioned artist, are swept away by causes of the day—he, unwillingly, to Vietnam; she, ov her own choosing, to demonstrations on college campuses. Both grow cynical as they are exposed to the horrors and hatred of ambitious leaders with deadly agendas. Crushed and to the point of ultimate despair, Paige finds a cause worth living for when she encounters the Jesus Movement and begins a personal journey with God. When Travis returns from the war, broken and disillusioned, Paige embarks on one last crusade, to bring him to the Christ who healed her.

Surveys the decisive years, 1789-1801, of the American Republic when the leadership of the Federalists formed a solid base for the Government and the future of a nation.