Description: Historians frequently make use of primary source documents to bring the past to life. Revealing the real words of actual inhabitants of the past, they invite readers to interpret the "evidence" for themselves. Similarly, American Voices offers young readers firsthand, sometimes arresting insight into key periods of America's history. The entries are as diverse as they are fascinating. Enhanced by photographs, maps, posters, cartoons, and other illustrations, they shed dramatic light on a complex past.
