Morris Richard Brandon Books
Beginnings of Colonial America, 1607-1770
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 ke...
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The times that tried men's souls, 1770-1783
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 pub...
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A life is too short: Autobiography
By Morris Richard Brandon, Nicholas Fairbairn
Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the development of the United States in the early nineteenth century, during...
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Jacksonian democracy, 1829-1848
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...
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A house divided: The Civil War, 1850-1865
Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the Civil War period, including a section on Black participation in the war.
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The shaping of an industrial nation, 1865-1914
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 Uni...
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The United States as a New World power, 1867-1914
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, s...
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The First World War, 1914-1920
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 W...
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Boom and bust, 1920-1939
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.
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Origins of the cold war, 1946-1961
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,...
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