The American Past: A Survey of American History, Volume I: To 1877
I give the Conlin text an A+ on readability…."I like the length of the chapters and the vast amount of material which is available to students through the accompanying online site."Without question, its readability and the author's wit are its unique assets."In my view [Conlin] has two related strengths: clear, compelling writing and pithy profiles of individual human beings who populate the text. This is a story with colorfully drawn characters. It works very well as a relatively traditional but very smart political history."This text is highly readable…. I think it is better written than most other textbooks I have used; bravo to the author….