A Nation Rising

In the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States went from a tiny newborn nation on the Atlantic seaboard to a near-empire that spanned the continent. But America's path to nationhood was vastly more complex than the tidily packaged national myth of a destiny made manifest by visionary political leaders and fearless pioneers. In A Nation Rising , bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis offers fascinating, intertwining stories about historical episodes whose great issues—ambition, power, territorial expansion, slavery, intolerance, civil rights, freedom of the press—reverberate to this day, including: - Aaron Burr's 1807 trial, culminating in one of our nation's first media circuses - The 1813 Indian uprising and ensuing massacre, exposing the powerful conflicts at the heart of America's expansion - The mutiny aboard the slave ship Creole , illustrating how the institution of slavery both destroyed lives and warped our nation's founding - The bloody "Bible Riots" in Philadelphia, erupting in an early episode of deadly anti-immigrant sentiment Eye-opening history and riveting storytelling, A Nation Rising is a powerful reminder of the ways in which our past continues to shape our present.