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America: A Concise History: To 1877
by James A. Henretta, Timothy R. Mahoney, Linda Gies, Barbara M. Posadas, Stephen J. Kneeshaw
from Bedford/St Martins

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Thanks!
  I bought this to study for a CLEP exam. It reads almost as smoothly as a novel. I recommend it.

• Great
  This book is so informative and gets right to the point! It is enjoyable and easy to read. I thoroughly recommend this book. Buy it today from Kels1720 at a steal of a price and you will be so happy that you did!

• Dry, with serious factual flaws
  Over the past year I have had the opportunity to compare this book with Roark's The American Promise, and I would highly recommend Roark over this book.
  The most serious flaw of the Henretta text is its cavalier attitude toward the facts. This is worst in its section on World War II. For example, on pages 800-801, we read "In July 1943 after Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime fell and Mussolini was executed, Italy's new government joined the Allies." Of course, in reality, Mussolini was promptly... more info

• Great Book
  I was very happy with the book. I was however disappointed with the shipping time. I paid for 2-day delivery, but didn't know that processing the book would take so long. It ended up coming one day before my first test. Luckily I did very well without the book, but next time I will know.

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