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The great republic : a history of America / Sir Winston Churchill ; edited by Winston S. Churchill.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 (Author). Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer), 1940-2010 (Added Author). Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 History of the English-speaking peoples. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 037550320X
  • ISBN: 9780375503207
  • Physical Description: xxii, 454 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1999]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The main text of this work is an abridgement of A history of the English-speaking peoples by Winston Churchill, originally published in four volumes in 1956, 1957, and 1958 by Cassel & Co. Ltd., London"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I From Colonial Beginnings to World Power 1 -- Chapter 1 Round World 3 -- Chapter 2 Rivalry for the New World 13 -- Chapter 3 Mayflower 25 -- Chapter 4 Thirteen Colonies 36 -- Chapter 5 First "World War" 43 -- Chapter 6 Quarrel with Britain 55 -- Chapter 7 War of Independence 65 -- Chapter 8 United States 78 -- Chapter 9 American Constitution 89 -- Chapter 10 Washington, Adams and Jefferson 100 -- Chapter 11 War of 1812 109 -- Chapter 12 Canada: The Birth of a Nation 117 -- Chapter 13 American Epic 123 -- Chapter 14 Slavery and Secession 136 -- Chapter 15 Union in Danger 146 -- Chapter 16 Campaign Against Richmond 160 -- Chapter 17 Lee and McClellan 175 -- Chapter 18 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg 189 -- Chapter 19 Victory of the Union 209 -- Chapter 20 American "Reconstruction" 220 -- Chapter 21 America as a World-Power 230 -- Epilogue 1 Old Battlefields of Virginia 241 -- Epilogue 2 If Lee had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg 246 -- Part II America in the Twentieth Century 257 -- Chapter 1 Chicago Scandals 259 -- Chapter 2 Prohibition 270 -- Chapter 3 1929: Speculation Fever 274 -- Chapter 4 California 278 -- Chapter 5 Land of Corn and Lobsters 287 -- Chapter 6 Roosevelt from Afar 294 -- Chapter 7 Can America Keep Out of War? 303 -- Chapter 8 Union of the English-Speaking Peoples 310 -- Chapter 9 Defence of Freedom and Peace 319 -- Chapter 10 "Give Us the Tools" 323 -- Chapter 11 "Westward, Look, the Land is Bright" 325 -- Chapter 12 Atlantic Charter 328 -- Chapter 13 White House Christmas Tree 336 -- Chapter 14 "A Long Hard War" 338 -- Chapter 15 "Heavier Work Lies Ahead" 345 -- Chapter 16 Anglo-American Unity 357 -- Chapter 17 Death of President Roosevelt 364 -- Chapter 18 Tribute to General Eisenhower 369 -- Chapter 19 Atomic Bomb 371 -- Chapter 20 Sinews of Peace 375 -- Chapter 21 If I were an American 386 -- Chapter 22 North Atlantic Treaty 391 -- Chapter 23 "We Must Not Lost Hope" 397 -- Chapter 24 Honorary United States Citizenship 405 -- Part III America's English Heritage 407 -- Chapter 1 English Common Law 409 -- Chapter 2 Magna Carta 417 -- Chapter 3 Mother of Parliaments 423.
Subject: United States > History.

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