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Written by Clarence B. Carson - Audio book performed by Mary Woods - Unabridged Nonfiction - 8 CASSETTES

Publisher, Blackstone Audio Books (1993)

The second volume of a comprehensive six-volume set.

This work has been described by The Freeman as "Probably the best available survey history of the United States... Dr. Carson has formed a richly woven tapestry of events and the ideas that spawned them. For Carson, history is not merely a collection of facts and dates, an account of explorations, settlements, westward expansion, wars, presidents, and elections. History is the product of the actions of countless individuals, each under the influence of certain ideas. And Carson explores those ideas, ideologies, and 'isms.' He shows how they were responsible for the settlement of this continent, the struggle for freedom, the westward expansion, the construction of schools, churches, factories, and the founding of new religious denominations. He explains why our ancestors fought for their beliefs, and strove to create a government, limited in scope, with checks and balances, that would not have the power to oppress the people...."

This second volume of A Basic History of the United States covers the move toward independence, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, the battle for Canada, the struggle for the middle states, the battle for the South, the Constitutional Convention, the making of the Constitution, and the fruits of independence. Carson's full-scale treatment combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clear understanding of the people and events-the triumphs and shortcomings-which have shaped this nation.