Author:
Allitt, Patrick.
Imprint:Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2005]
Physical Description6 sound discs (360 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.)
Note:Compact discs.
Note:Twelve lectures/ 30 min. per lecture.
Note:Includes lecture notes, outlines, timeline, glossary and bibliographical references.
Note:Part 2. Lecture 13. Charles Grandison Finney--the Revivalist -- Lecture 14. Horace Mann-- the educator -- Lecture 15. Ralph Waldo Emerson--the philosopher -- Lecture 16. Frederick Douglass--the abolitionist -- Lecture 17. Edmund Ruffin-- the champion of slavery -- Lecture 18. Brigham Young-- the religious autocrat -- Lecture 19. Frederick Law Olmstead-- the landscape architect -- Lecture 20. William Tecumseh Sherman-- the general -- Lecture 21. Louisa May Alcott-- the professional writer -- Lecture 22. Andrew Carnegie-- conscience-stricken entrepreneur -- Lecture 23. "Buffalo Bill"-- the Weaterner -- Lecture 24. Black Elk-- the holy man.
Note:In this course, historian Patrick N. Allitt investigates the American character by introducing notable Americans from all eras of the nation's history, from Thomas Jefferson to Al Capone, whose lives speak on the qualities that make one truly American. The figures in these lectures led fascinating lives, helping one to gain a deeper understanding of the trends and ideas that shaped America and that continue to influence American society today.
