The American Promise, Value Edition, Volume I: A History of the United States: To 1877

by Patricia Cline Cohen, Michael P. Johnson, James L. Roark, et al.

Book Overview

An affordable and compact text, American Promise, Value Edition, Volume 1 takes you through history with an easily-accessible style, sensible chronology, and commentary from ordinary Americans. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1457613468
• ISBN13: 9781457613463
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An AMAZING book!

I bought this book for my sister, and she loves it! Thank GOD for helping me pick this history book for her!!! She loves it so much, and she has started reading it already! It is packed with detail information! I hope this convinces you to buy it too! Thanks for reading!

The American Promise

I was very pleased when I recieved this book. This was my first time ordering online and I didn't think it would be in very good condition, but it was better than I expected.

Perfect

It was in better condition than I had expected! Shipped quickly. Will be looking for books again next semester ... I know where to go! Thanks

as far a textbooks go.....

...this isn't too bad. Check out the Audio Review from the publishers website that you can purchase to go along with it! very helpful!

Just what the teacher ordered.

This book was required for completing my online Shaping America U.S. History to 1877 class. I bought a used copy in like new condition to save some money. Each lesson and associated exams required us to frequently jump around the chapters to get the full picture of a person's life or event. I never had a real interest in history and found the text to be dry and difficult to read in the required four weeks. This is more about my lack of interest and less about the writing style though. I did notice that the cover is made from cheap paper which easily curls from normal use. PROS: Required for my online history class Informative detailed chapters CONS: Cover is made from cheap paper which easily curls Too darn expensive, as text books tend to be