A History of US (A ^AHistory of US) - Softcover

Reconstruction begins as a time of great hope. Cities spread, farms grow where buffalo once roamed. Exciting inventions-Alexander Graham Bells telephone, Thomas Edison electric light-promise a better life. Bold characters crowd the stage: nasty men like Boss Tweed, flashy men like P.T. Barnum, defiant women like Ida B. Wells and Susan B. Anthony, Native Americans leaders like eloquent Chief Joseph and brave Sitting Bull. The nation struggles to keep the promise of freedom in the exciting chapter in the History of US.

Joy Hakim is a former newspaper writer and editor and elementary school teacher who holds a bachelor's degree in government from Smith College and a master's degree in education from Goucher College.