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Title: U.S. History for Dummies by Steve Wiegand ISBN: 0-7645-5249-X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A breath of fresh air
Comment: I was very pleased to find a new type of book that teaches the basics without all the unnecesary details. Not having a scholarly type of interest in history, I found this book to be educational and fun to read. History is a very dry subject for most people and the author's humor was very entertaining. If you are looking for material for a dissertation, go to the library. Pick any history book because they all contain the same information. If you want to learn about American History by someone not afraid to offend others with the truth, you'll love this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: U.S. History for DUMMIES by Steve Wiegand
Comment: This is U.S. History in a nutshell!
Focusing on the most important details of our History, Steve Wiegand has compacted centuries of information into 360 pages.
Interspersed with the well-researched information are sometimes humorous, and sometimes amazing, tidbits of little-known facts about events, Presidents, and personalities that have shaped our country.(Did you know that "Uncle Sam" was really Sam Wilson of Arlington,Massachusetts ?)
Serving principally as a reference book rather than a textbook, I found myself reading this book as if it were a novel. Rarely does one sit down and read a History book from cover to cover as I did with U.S. History for DUMMIES. Each chapter had some topic that drew me on with interest.
Mr Wiegand's style and sly-humor are an easy read. In addition, some valuable reference tools are included in the Appendices.
I highly recommend this book for Educators, History buffs and all general interest readers.
Rating: 2
Summary: Too Biased
Comment: Potential readers should know that this book presents US History from a far-left viewpoint. For example, the author suggests that the British held the moral high ground during the Revolutionary War and that the colonists were lucky to win, and that the colonists were primarily a group of incompetent zealots who wanted new territory in which to practice their bigotry and intolerance. He even fringes on being revisionist when he subscribes to the very obscure notion that Davy Crockett didn't really die in defense of the Alamo. The author states early on his view that American history as we know it has been too heavily influenced by writers of European ancestry, and that his is an effort to "set the record straight".
I feel that it's inappropriate to title and market this book as an objective and unbiased book on US History. I do, however, give the book two stars because the subject matter is so fascinating.
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Title: World History for Dummies by Peter Haugen ISBN: 0764552422 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide To American Government by Mary Shaffrey, Melanie Fonder ISBN: 0028643534 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Geography for Dummies by Charles Heatwole ISBN: 0764516221 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 19 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: U.S. Presidents for Dummies by Marcus Stadelmann ISBN: 0764508857 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Politics for Dummies by Ann DeLaney ISBN: 0764508873 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 22 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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