Kenneth C Davis
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents"--
Did you know that many of America's Founding Fathers--who fought for liberty and justice for all--were slave owners?
Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War. Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment-a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Berlin Wall, from the Salem Witch Trials to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Was Columbus the first European in the Americas?
What sport became more popular after the Civil War?
Were the Little Rock Nine a rock-and-roll band?
As bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis knows, history can be fun, fascinating, and memorable. In his trademark question-and-answer style — peppered with surprising facts, historic reproductions, Davis introduces our ancestors who settled the East and expanded the West, as well as those who...
What sport became more popular after the Civil War?
Were the Little Rock Nine a rock-and-roll band?
As bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis knows, history can be fun, fascinating, and memorable. In his trademark question-and-answer style — peppered with surprising facts, historic reproductions, Davis introduces our ancestors who settled the East and expanded the West, as well as those who...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty years since his New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much About® History first appeared, Davis has shown that Americans don’t hate history, just the dull version dished out in school.
Now Davis turns his attention to what is arguably the most important and most fascinating subject in American history: our presidents. From the heated debates over executive powers through the curious election of...
Now Davis turns his attention to what is arguably the most important and most fascinating subject in American history: our presidents. From the heated debates over executive powers through the curious election of...