American Portraits: Biographies in United States History, Volume 1

by Weisner, Stephen G.; Hartford, William F.

• ISBN13: 9780072419436
• ISBN10: 0072419431
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

American Portraits is a two-volume collection of biographical profiles designed to supplement American History survey texts. Biography personalizes history in a unique and profound way for students, lending a sense of immediacy to the study of the past. All of the essays selected for this anthology profile the life of a given individual and explore how that person influenced and was influenced by broader historical forces. Introductions begin each "unit", placing the biographies in topical and chronological perspective. Supporting documents, headnotes, and discussion questions help students place the biographies in context.

Table of Contents

Unit One

Introduction

John Smith by Norman Risjord;Anne Hutchinson by Elizabeth Anticaglia;Mary Rowlandson by Nancy Woloch;William Penn by Norman Risjord

Unit Two

Introduction

Benjamin Franklin by Richard B. Morris;Daniel Boone by Jo Tice Bloom;Tecumseh by Alvin M. Josephy;Phillis Wheatley by Paul Engle;John Marshall by Brian McGinty

Unit Three

Introduction

Andrew Jackson by Albert Castel;Frances Wright by Nancy Woloch;Nat Turner by Stephen B. Oates;Mary Richardson Walker by Patricia Horner;Elizabeth Blackwell by Margaret Forster

Unit Four

Introduction

Harriet Beecher Stowe by David McCullough;John Brown by Stephen B. Oates;William T. Sherman by Stephen E. Ambrose;Emily Lyles Harris by Philip N. Racine;James T. Rapier by Loren Schweninger