495 pages, map endpapers in color, text maps, cloth, dj, very good. 'First edition after a privately printed limited edition.' From the dj: This is the story of America of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812 - told with rare eloquence and power by two eminent historians. Bruce Catton and his son William B. Catton bring their special flair for analysis, narrative drive, clarity, and precision to this the first of their eventual two books constituting Doubleday's Basic History of the United States.

UNITED STATES MILITARY HISTORY DISCOVERY EXPLORATION REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN