For more than 40 years, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of eac

Provides an in-depth analysis of sixty primary source documents, introducing the document's historical context, followed by a description of the author's life a

The new edition of our landmark reference set deepens the original edition's coverage of major themes in American history with nearly 40 new entries (175 total)

Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events