Description
Book SynopsisA collection of biographical sketches from several volumes in "Human Tradition in America Series". It reveals American history by illuminating the lives of ordinary Americans. Including a range of people with respect to ethnicity, race, gender and geographic region, it develops a text that show the diversity of the American experience.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Squanto: Last of the Patuxet Chapter 3 Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the Power of the Spirit Chapter 4 Caspar Wistar: German-American Entrepreneur and Cultural Broker Chapter 5 Olaudah Equiano: An African in Slavery and Freedom Chapter 6 Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Vegetables and Virtue Chapter 7 Benjamin Gilbert and Jacob Nagle: Soldiers of the American Revolution Chapter 8 Absalom Jones and the African Church of Philadelphia: "To Arise out of the Dust" Chapter 9 Rebecca Dickinson: A Life Alone in the Early Republic Chapter 10 Sacagawea: A Historical Enigma Chapter 11 Peter P. Pitchlynn: Race and Identity in Nineteenth-Century America Chapter 12 Hosea Easton: Forgotten Abolitionist "Giant" Chapter 13 Laura Wirt Randall: A Woman's Life, 1803-1833 Chapter 14 Caroline Healey Dall: Transcendentalist Activist Chapter 15 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills Chapter 16 Sgt. Peter Welsh: "Is That Not Worth Fighting For?" Chapter 17 Winfield Scott Hancock: "The Knightly Corps Commander" Chapter 18 LaSalle Corbell Pickett: "What Happened to Me" Chapter 19 Willis Augustus Hodges: "We Are Now Coming to New Things"
