James West Davidson is een historicus, schrijver en wildernis-paddler. Zijn werk duikt in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, gekenmerkt door een diepgaande verkenning van het verleden en de impact ervan op het heden. Hij streeft ernaar lezers onder te dompelen in verhalen en verborgen verbanden tussen gebeurtenissen te ontdekken. Zijn benadering is analytisch maar boeiend, en biedt lezers inzicht in de complexiteit van historische processen.
Describes how the United States developed from the first contact between extremely different cultures to its role as a superpower and explores how a country based on diversity seeks the sometimes contradictory goals of freedom and equality.
A History of the Republic
A textbook history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present.
First modern biography of a major naval figure of the Napoleonic ear. St Vincent (formerly John Jervis) was a major and positive influence on the career of Nelson.
Journalist, activist, popular historian, and public intellectual, Lerone Bennett Jr left an indelible mark on twentieth-century American history and culture. This biography travels with him from his childhood in Jim Crow Mississippi and his time at Morehouse College to his participation in a range of Black intellectual and activist endeavours.