Allen C Guelzo

A broad survey of American intellectual history ; a history of the ideas, the thinkers and the institutions that have mattered most to Americans.

From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a new history--the most intimate and richly readable account we have had--of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and circumstances that produced one of the greatest battles in human history. No previous book on Gettysburg dives down so closely...

Chronicles the history of the United States from colonial origins to the beginning of the 21st century.