Focuses on the events leading toward the adoption of the Constitution, covering the years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government.
Surveys the decisive years, 1789-1801, of the American Republic when the leadership of the Federalists formed a solid base for the government and the future of a nation.
Relates the history of the Revolution through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, and selections from key public documents.
Covers the history of the United States from pre-Columbian times through the first year of the Clinton administration, divided into four parts including a chronology of major political and military events, a record of nonpolitical aspects of American life, biographies of 450 influential Americans, and information on the structure of the federal government.
