American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914

Download or read book American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 written by Francis Russell and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, from New York Times bestselling historian Richard Russell, is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I. Here are the stories of political power struggles, Reconstruction, western expansion, Ellis Island immigrants, the rise of American tycoons and labor unions, and the country's entry into World War I.