J E Morpurgo Author (2 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Volume 1/Reprinted: 1962. 287 pp. Vol. 1 issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slight crease on bottom right corner of front cover. Slight crease on top left corner of back crease. Colin Forbes (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Published 1955: Volume 1. 324 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. Minimally brittle pages. This volume is the first of a two-volume History of the U.S.A. which represents a collaborative effort by an Englishman and an American to study American history from its beginnings to the present day. With each supplying to the other an understanding of naturally different points of view, the result is an interpretation of men, trends and events that often differs from that usually found in briefer histories of the United States. The authors are convinced that the history of the United States cannot be divorced frm that of the rest of the world and have paid especial attention to the place of the United States in the pattern of world events. But because they are equally certain that America is American and must be understood on its own terms they have given most attention to the development of its own distinctive way of life. Aimed at providing readers on both sides of the Atlantic - and all over the world - with a fresh understanding of the American past, this history places more than usual emphasis on the growth of American ideas, in politics, the arts, religion, and society. Here, in realtively small compass, is a survey of the American spirit and mind as it has matured over three centuries of swift and complex development. Lotte Meitner-Graf (Author Photos) (illustrator).…