The Story of America, Told in Half-Hours
Four volumes of American history, written by the master historians of the nineteenth century and arranged here as 599 short readings — from the legends before Columbus to the dawn of the twentieth century. Start at the beginning and click “next” through the whole story, or drop in anywhere along the timeline.
599 readings · 141 chapters · 8 eras · 465,787 words
Begin Reading
The Timeline
The Historian’s Parlor
Ask the HistorianAny question you like — the master historians always answer with a story.
Which Era?The pages have come loose from the binding. File ten readings where they belong.
Today’s Half-HourThe daily assignment from the half-hour series — a new one every morning.
Strange ChaptersSieges broken by rumor, midnight river burials, vanished colonies — six readings where history outdoes invention.
Surprise MeOpen the four volumes at random — 599 places to land.