Voices from America's past

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.

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.

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.

Traces the role of the United States in the Second World War through eyewitness accounts drawn from letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, selections from key public documents, and other contemporary sources.

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 Constitutional period in the United States 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.

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.

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 that turbulent period in United States history which included the first American in orbit, the Salk vaccine, and McCarthyism.

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 during the administrations of Presidents Johnson and Nixon through accounts drawn from letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, selections from key public documents, and other contemporary sources.

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to examine United States foreign policy from 1962 to 1975.