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 3. Lecture 25. John Wesley Powell-- the desert theorist -- Lecture 26. William Mulholland-- the water engineer -- Lecture 27. Samuel Gompers-- the trade unionist -- Lecture 28. Booker T. Washington-- the "race leader" -- Lecture 29. Emma Goldman-- the anarchist -- Lecture 30. Abraham Cahan-- the immigrants' advocate -- Lecture 31. Isabella Stewart Gardner-- the collector -- Lecture 32. Oliver Wendell Holmes-- the jurist -- Lecture 33. Henry Ford-- the mass producer -- Lecture 34. Harry Houdini-- the sensationalist -- Lecture 35. Al Capone-- the crime boss -- Lecture 36. Herbert Hoover-- the humanitarian.
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.
