Still Casting Shadows : A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History: Volume 1: 1620-1913

B. Clay Shannon

ISBN 10: 0595397239 / ISBN 13: 9780595397235

Editore: Iuniverse, 2006

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Breaking with the traditionally white-centric and politician-, military leader-, business magnate-dominated portrayal of American history, Still Casting Shadows: A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History presents a holistic overview of American history, giving equal weight and emphasis to the viewpoints and experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, and other marginalized groups. Rather than simply parading forth facts and figures of what 'important' people accomplished or perpetrated, Still Casting Shadows delves into what life was like for 'average' families in America-from 1620, when the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, up to the present day. The lives of the individuals portrayed are cast in the context of hundreds of events of national import that occurred in the times and places in which they lived. Among those whose lives are thus illuminated in this broad outline of American history are John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, passengers on the Mayflower who subsequently married; Capt. John Gorham, a notorious Indian fighter in Colonial New England; Susan Lucky, an Indian woman whose tribe was massacred in northern California; James Shannon, a Civil War sharpshooter who was at Gettysburg and Appomattox; and Theodore Shannon, a California Highway Patrol officer who was awarded that state's Medal of Valor in 1980.

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• Titolo: Still Casting Shadows : A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History: Volume 1: 1620-1913
• Editore: Iuniverse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0595397239
• ISBN 13: 9780595397235
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 39 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 39 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1080 grammi

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Riassunto

Breaking with the traditionally white-centric and politician-, military leader-, business magnate-dominated portrayal of American history, Still Casting Shadows: A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History presents a holistic overview of American history, giving equal weight and emphasis to the viewpoints and experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, and other marginalized groups. Rather than simply parading forth facts and figures of what "important" people accomplished or perpetrated, Still Casting Shadows delves into what life was like for "average" families in America-from 1620, when the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, up to the present day. The lives of the individuals portrayed are cast in the context of hundreds of events of national import that occurred in the times and places in which they lived. Among those whose lives are thus illuminated in this broad outline of American history are John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, passengers on the Mayflower who subsequently married; Capt. John Gorham, a notorious Indian fighter in Colonial New England; Susan Lucky, an Indian woman whose tribe was massacred in northern California; James Shannon, a Civil War sharpshooter who was at Gettysburg and Appomattox; and Theodore Shannon, a California Highway Patrol officer who was awarded that state's Medal of Valor in 1980.

L'autore

B. Clay Shannon is a computer programmer by vocation, writer by avocation, and an amateur songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in beautiful Northern California, Clay has traveled in 49 states and lived in eight. He currently resides in Wisconsin with his wife Cherri and son Morgan Tell MacKenzie.