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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery serve as a brilliant introduction to the new set of commemorations as Foner not only highlights Lincoln’s progressing thoughts on the issue of slavery but also places the man in an extensive context of America’s most divisive and significant political dispute. However, it is shown that Foner…

In 1904 Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle” describing in graphic detail the unsanitary process of meat production, and today we have a modern case of the same issues Upton Sinclair brought up, described in the documentary “Food Inc.” America as a whole has grown greatly since 1904 in every way, the car industry, our foreign…

In the book ‘ I know why the caged bird sings’ by Maya Angelou, she discuss her life story through her point of view. In the first chapter we are introduced to Bailey who is her older brother. In their early life their parents got a divorce and sent them away to Stamps, Arkansas to…

Richard Wright’s Black Boy tells the difficult story of coming of age as a young African American boy during a time of extreme racism in the South. Richard grows up with an extreme sense of distrust for white people, and is often times confused by this unequal treatment of people based upon their skin color….

The untold stories of the Great American Dust Bowl were uncovered in “The Worst Hard Time” written by Timothy Egan. This book follows those who had to make tough decisions during such a hard time in American history. It shows the tragedies and hardships they faced. While also showing some light on the rare positive…

The Jungle is an interesting, but very somber read. It is a story of a Lithuanian family who moves to Chicago in pursuit of the “American Dream.” Jurgis Rudkus, the male head of the family, and main character, convinces his family that America is the land of opportunity, alluding to the possibilities for the future…

Lee Miller’s book, Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony, is an incredible illustration of a historical masterpiece that aimed at exploring certain unresolved truths. It was published in 2001 by Arcade Publishing. The author provides explicit and persuasive justifications for the disappearance of the 16th century British settlements that were located on the…

American history that are told nowadays appear that of white settler. The Modern World that has been made to show the social orders that the settlers had known in Britain, France, and Spain. But anthropologist Jack Weatherford, author of Native Roots and numerous more brilliantly shows how the Europeans really connected their civilization onto the…

Exactly to what extent can growing up in a war-torn country impact one’s childhood? In Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone, this idea is explored in-depth through the author’s first-hand account of his journey as an Army Soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War. The consequences of violence are described throughout the text. Ishmael’s journey…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain and was published in the United Kingdom in 1884 and was published in the United States in 1885. Mark Twain is well known for writing in dialect and this story includes examples of several different dialects, including Midwestern, Southern, and African American dialects. Twain’s…