250 Years of American History: Celebrating the Freedom, Courage, and Patriotism That Built the United States of America from 1776 to 2026

Two and a half centuries. Thirteen colonies to fifty states. From Lexington to the smartphone, from the Declaration to the Dust Bowl, from Appomattox to 9/11 — the full story, told in one book.In July 2026, the United States marks two hundred and fifty years since the Declaration of Independence. A quarter of a millennium of revolution, war, expansion, struggle, invention, immigration, and reinvention. A story that began with thirteen colonies on the edge of an empire — and produced the most powerful country in human history.This book tells that story in full, year by year, era by era.From the tea protests of Boston to the trenches of France. From Lincoln's funeral train to the moon landing. From the Wright brothers' first flight to the iPhone in your pocket. From Pearl Harbor to the pandemic.Full sweep of 250 years — the founders and the enslaved, the generals and the union organizers, the immigrants and the indigenous nations, the inventors, the protestors, and the presidents.Inside, you'll travel through:The World Before 1776 and the Birth of a New Nation: Indigenous nations, colonial life, the slave trade, the Great Awakening, and the quarrel with London that turned thirteen colonies into a republicThe Revolution and the Long Fight for a Constitution: From Lexington to Yorktown to Philadelphia — and the men, women, soldiers, and enslaved Americans who carried the country through its founding decadeThe Young Republic and Jackson's America: The Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, mass democracy, Indian Removal, the cotton frontier, and the immigrants and reformers who reshaped daily lifeSlavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction: King Cotton, the abolition movement, Lincoln, Appomattox, the freedmen's first decade of freedom — and the violent collapse of ReconstructionThe Gilded Age, Progressives, and an Empire on the Rise: Railroads, robber barons, the closing of the frontier, the rise of the American Empire, and the reformers who tried to tame itTwo World Wars and the Crash Between Them: The trenches of the Great War, the Jazz Age, the Crash of 1929, FDR's New Deal, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the country that emerged as a superpowerCold War, Civil Rights, and the Sixties Unravel: Korea, McCarthy, Brown v. Board, Selma, Vietnam, Watergate, and the decade that broke the postwar consensusReagan, the End of the Cold War, and the Long American Peace: Stagflation, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dot-com boom — and the country at the end of the 20th century9/11, the Long Wars, and the Smartphone Decade: Iraq, Afghanistan, the 2008 crash, the rise of social media, and the years that rewired American lifePandemic and the Eve of 250: Covid, supply shocks, polarization, and the country as it approaches its semiquincentennialPlus eight deep-dive chapters that follow specific threads across all 250 years:Women in American History — from Abigail Adams to Title IX and beyondBlack America Across 250 Years — slavery, emancipation, Jim Crow, civil rights, and the long road forwardNative America Across 250 Years — treaty by treaty, removal by removal, revival by revivalImmigration and the American Idea — Ellis Island, Angel Island, and every wave sinceHispanic America Across 250 Years — borderlands, citizenship, and the largest minorityAsian America Across 250 Years — exclusion, internment, and the rise of a communityFaith and the American Story — from Puritans to Pentecostals to the unaffiliatedInnovation, Invention, and the American Engine — the inventors, immigrants, and accidents that built modern lifeScroll up, click Add to Cart, and discover the country in full, as it turns 250. Read more