Frederick Douglass' narrative is a highly expository book concerning the subject of slavery. The book is very political, in that it is written to advocate the cruelties of the institution of slavery, and gain support for its abolition. ... One example of this is found in chapter nine, Douglass tells of the hypocrisy of slaveholders with respect to their religion. ... Douglass, at the beginning of chapter nine, describes the difficulty of working for Captain Thomas Auld. ... In this chapter, Douglass shows juxtaposition in the practices of religion and slavery. ...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Book 1 Smith, James C. ... Each chapter also includes an introduction and a summary. ... I thought that the citations should have been printed in a smaller font and placed at the end of the chapter. ... Book 2 Walton, Hanes Jr. ... Book 3 Smith, Robert C. ...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Organization and presentation are important components of any book, but are especially important in a book like Stealing Secrets, which is packed full of interesting information. Each chapter is about a certain spy and has an intriguing title to interest the reader in said spy. For example, chapter 1 is titled, "Rebel Queen of Washington Spies: Rose Greenhow.... The one chapter in the book where Winkler expresses his feelings very strongly is the last chapter. This chapter talks about the hanging of Mary Surratt, the only female spy ever executed. ...

• Word Count: 828
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

That's what Sandra Forrester writes about, in the book Sound the Jubilee. ... I think the author shows how the season changes very clearly throughout the book. For example, when summer came to Roanoke Island it was stated clearly at the beginning of the chapter, (pg 92, paragraph 1). ... The S.C.I. point that relates most to this book is The Nature of Life is to Grow. In many of the chapters at least one of the characters grows in some way. ...

• Word Count: 359
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Chapter Three in his book deals with Andrew Johnson, the first Reconstruction President. ... In this chapter it brings up some attention grabbing information. ... The other book I chose was "American Reconstruction" by Georges Clemenceau. I prefer this book for one reason, it is a non-American's point of view. Another reason I chose this book is because it is a primary source. ...

• Word Count: 1982
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Tyler's book, "African-American Life in Louisville. ... At the beginning of the second chapter, "Lincoln Institute", the school Berea Hall is depicted. ... There was one in particular that rose above all the rest, and the title of chapter six of Mr. Tyler's book sums up the connectivity African Americans found through this activity perfectly, A Community of Faith. ... Tyler's book, Community Businesses. ...

• Word Count: 1444
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Other historians may disagree with Fiege's standpoint on said claim, but Fiege proclaims this point well throughout the book. ... To expand on physiological nature, one should begin with the chapter of "Satan in the Land." This chapter shows the use of the nature lens to be useful in the way such that Fiege describes as the supernatural and disorder. ... In this chapter, Fiege talks about how nature plays a role into explicating slavery. ... Finally, the chapter of "Nature's Nobleman" explicates the human nature and how it is useful in analyzing American history. ...

• Word Count: 1349
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He speaks of the events of debating about slavery in Missouri and in the other states at the time the book was placed. In this tragic book McLaurin talks the events that lead up to the night of June twenty third, the tragic event on June twenty third, and the trial and events that occurred after that event. In Chapter one of Celia, A Slave it begins by telling the readers about Robert Newsom, Celia's Master, and about his life prior to Celia. ...

• Word Count: 434
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

American history, as we know it today, is made up of many different chapters. Some of these chapters are noble, and some are regretful. ... One of the dark chapters of American history is the period of slavery. ... From this group, few people stood out that were responsible for closing this dark chapter of history. ... Unlike John Brown and William Garrison, Harriet Tubman never started a war, never published a book on Anti-Slavery, and never protested against the society. ...

• Word Count: 1363
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Chapter 1. In 1587 Eleanor Dare started a history of first New England's female settlers. In XVI-XVII century it was characterized more with dismal end then with a story of prosperous life and happy ending. Coming to New World mostly in search for a good partner, as "tobacco brides " or being sim...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Groom's book recounts the thrilling, almost Hollywood-esque adventures and dangers that Kearny and his men encountered while venturing throughout the trail. ... Winston Groom's qualifications and thoroughness were very present in the writings of this book. ... Overall, I very much enjoyed reading his book; his use of primary resources was key to the immense details and accounts he put forward throughout his book. Each chapter was intriguing and always involved some excitement or important historical event that took place. ... Groom's book gives readers more detailed information ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1830, he published Book of the Mormons which led him to attracted more attention from the public. In "Manifest Destinies" doesn't give so much information on Smith besides stating that he claimed to receive revelations from an angel and believed he was a prophet destined to restore the original pure church the Christians in the Book of Mormon had created. ... I found the story of the Mormons quite interesting mostly because I had never heard of them before coming across the chapter in "Building a Democratic Nation" about the Manifest Destiny. ...

• Word Count: 480
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What is the author's purpose in writing this book? ... How is the book organized? ... The main character switches with each chapter, and both the north and the south are written about through an unbiased outlook . ... List new facts/ideas that you learned from reading this book. ... Give a brief summary of the book. ...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The book itself examines over 10 American history books and reveals every flaw, fabrication, and "sugar coated " story in each book. ... Just by this book alone I was able to think further out of the box, not just about history itself but present day situations. ... But it wasn't until I read James Loewen's book when I learned that ewe have been deceived all these years by books, museums, videos, movies and of course teachers. His book made me think further into details and do further research on the lessons taught in history books and classes. ... Loewen moves on to talk about Ameri...

• Word Count: 2164
• Approx Pages: 9

While filled with a wealth of useful information, the book does have some flaws worth mentioning. First of all, the language is repetitive throughout the chapters. ... Secondly, they seem to be missing pieces of the story in that neither third party candidates, nor religious issues are discussed in any detail in the book. ...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the very first chapter of the book these themes are everywhere. ... In the middle of the book there is once more the ever present theme of detachment of war. ... At the end of the book this impersonality takes on an ironic tone. ... They are intertwined and clearly shown through all parts of the book. This book makes a strong cometary on society and on the nature of war itself. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, the soldiers on both sides fought for reasons of their own. ... Throughout the book, Lee makes many remarks to his faith in God. ... Furthermore, leading to his repeated statements by putting it "in the hands of God" throughout the book. ... The contrasting views are presented in the book by a Southern minister. ... In the Fremantle chapter, we get a British opinion on the war and what they are doing, "But the point is they, the Southerners, do it all exactly as we do in Europe. ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

His first book was Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. The Red Badge of Courage was written in order to win a bet he made that he could write a book in ten days on a subject he had no first hand experience with. ... Crane's objective when writing this book was not to give a history lesson on the civil war actually the reader must know that he is talking of the civil war because he never actually states that in the novel. ... This is most blatantly stressed in chapter 23 when he gives a description of the four prisoners. ... As he matures through the book we b...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In addition, the narrative was also divided into twelve chapters, which lucidly relate Douglass' experiences as a slave through the beginnings of his career as an abolitionist. ... As we have seen the book cover contains some external cues that are quite important for the reader such as the book title and the author's name and then contains you have another key element which is the portrait or photograph of the subject of the narrative and then you have an authenticating testimonial which it is the preface. ...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the best conclusions of war lies within the sacred pages of a book that most Americans own, The Bible. ... (The Book of James chapter 4:1). ... Written by Emma Bell Miles, this book is a portrait of religious life in the mountains. ...

• Word Count: 2912
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting." Whe...

• Word Count: 1073
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I will not attempt to chronicle all of the events mentioned in the book, but I will read exerpts from a few of them and where possible use clips for a video tape to assist your publication of Douglass. ... Some of these are new archival materials, but the editor here was able to locate most of them and make use of the material found in the end notes following each chapter. ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Citizenship of the Freed Slave is not only an event to waffle about, in actual fact its start of a new chapter in American history. ... It would take over 100 years and countless lives before the chance would come again-. 5 According to the book "Moving Onward From racial division to class unity-, the...

• Word Count: 2175
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography