From the Book - Second edition.
Getting there, getting settled, and getting free. America : a short biography ; Native Americans and explorers : 12,000 BC(?)-1607 ; Pilgrims' progress : the English colonies, 1607-1700 ; You say you want a revolution
: 1700-1775 ; Yankee doodlin' : 1775-1783 ; Blueprints and birth pains : 1783-1800
Growing pains. "Long Tom" and one weird war : 1800-1815 ; Pulling together to keep from falling apart : 1815-1844 ; War, gold, and a gathering storm : 1845-1860 ; A most uncivil war : 1861-1865 ; Putting the country back together : 1865-1876
Coming of age. Growing up : 1876-1898 ; Growing into the 20th century : 1899-1918 ; Gin, jazz, and Lucky Lindy : 1919-1929 ; Uncle Sam's depressed : 1930-1940 ; The world at war : 1941-1945
America in adulthood. TV, Elvis, and Reds under the bed : 1946-1960 ; Camelot to Watergate : 1961-1974 ; Hold the malaise, or, Ayatollah so : 1975-1992 ; No sex, please, I'm the President : 1993-1999 ; "It's a small world, after all" : entering the 21st century
The part of tens. Ten American inventions that changed life as we know it ; Ten events that defined American culture ; Ten events in U.S. history they keep making into movies
Appendixes. Appendix A. The Bill of Rights : Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution ; Appendix B. The Declaration of Independence.
