Contributors

Suggestions for the list from: Kathleen Silva, Allison Hilton, Jada Reyes, Richard Harrison, Megan Haught, Katie Burroughs, Larry Cooperman, Emily Parente, Sandy Avila, Christina Wray, and Rachel Edford.

Keywords

featured bookshelf, reading, american history

Description

Check out the full list, descriptions, and catalog links for the featured titles on American History suggested by UCF Library employees for 2019. These 24 books plus many more are also on display on the 2nd (main) floor of the John C. Hitt Library next to the bank of two elevators.

Abstract

American history is a broad and varied topic. It ranges from the native inhabitants who formed communities here thousands of years ago to the creation of a new nation of states to the dreamers who immigrate to these shores today. It is an enormous amount of information to cover, but it is important that we all learn about our past. As Edmund Burke said in Reflections on the Revolution in France, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”

The founders of the United States, beyond their faults and foibles, began this nation with a grand and noble sentiment of “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity….”

“We the people” is us. Join us this month as we explore our past to help ensure “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” applies to us all.

Keep reading to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links for the featured titles on American History suggested by UCF Library employees. These 24 books plus many more are also on display on the 2nd (main) floor of the John C. Hitt Library next to the bank of two elevators.

Date Created

7-1-2019

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