July 4, 2014 | madame librarian
""We hold these truths to be self-evident.." The United States as seen through the eyes of six different authors.
American fun: four centuries of joyous revolt by John Beckman
The arsenal of democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an epic quest to arm an America at war by A. J. Baime
The monster: how a gang of predatory lenders and Wall Street bankers fleeced America—and spawned a global crisis by Michael W. Hudson
The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 objects by Richard Kurin
Supreme City: how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America by Donald L. Miller
Tomorrow-land: the 1964-65 World's Fair and the transformation of America by Joseph Tirella