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This "collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take usback to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaningand the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus ... tells the story of the country and of its people....

"Nearly 200 timeless documents that define the American character -- from the nation's beginnings to today."--Cover.

A compact, fully annotated reference to important documents includes coverage of crucial Supreme Court cases that have shaped America's constitutional history.

In this volume, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are brought together with dozens of other historic documents and speeches which shaped the destiny of the United States of America. Also included are the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, and the Articles of Confederation. Gregg Jarrett introduces and explains how each of these great documents created the America we know today. In addition to these Founding documents, this deluxe...