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A Flowing Reach
The book contains various writings about the time from Reconstruction to the end of the Cold War. The assembled multitude of capable scholars, from Eric Foner on Reconstruction, to Paul Fussell on the Great War, all combineclarity and brevity of text with insightful analysis to make this anenjoyable read. The questions at the end of each selection make this evenmore useful to a high school U.S. History teacher and his students. Therange of topics also adds to the enjoyability of the book. The topicsinclude Sitting Bull, Women's Suffrage and WWI, the Bomb, Vietnam, BettyFriedan and Richard Nixon, among many other people and events. It is wellworth the read. ... Read more