What is a good book that helps explain our American history easily and in a way teens can understand?

I want to find a book that is an easy way to learn about American history. I want to be able to learn about the important events that happened in our history.

The best book ever written on US history is "People’s History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. I read it back in high school, and it made me want to be a historian.

What’s great about it it that it’s a bottom-up history of the US, told from the point of view of ordinary people: the native Americans, workers, immigrants, rather than all Presidents all the time.

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2 Responses to What is a good book that helps explain our American history easily and in a way teens can understand?

  1. parrotjohn2001 says:

    The best book ever written on US history is "People’s History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. I read it back in high school, and it made me want to be a historian.

    What’s great about it it that it’s a bottom-up history of the US, told from the point of view of ordinary people: the native Americans, workers, immigrants, rather than all Presidents all the time.
    References :

  2. Michael says:

    You can try one of these books:

    A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present
    http://www.toreadnext.com/9780060838652

    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Revised and Updated Edition
    http://www.toreadnext.com/9781595583260
    References :