"The five-volume Basic History has gained a well-deserved reputation
for combining insight with simple narrative style."--AudioFile

Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative
passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the people and events, the triumphs
and the shortcomings, which have shaped this nation. "For Carson, history is the product of the
actions of countless individuals, each under the influence of certain ideas. And Carson explores
those ideas, ideologies, and 'isms.'"--The Freeman

This second volume discusses the move toward independence, the Declaration of Independence,
the Revolutionary War, the battle for Canada, the struggle for the middle states, the battle for the
South, the Constitutional Convention, the making of the Constitution, and the fruits of independence.