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Pursuing his New York Times bestseller America's Hidden Background, Kenneth C. Davis explores the gritty first one half of the nineteenth century—being among the most tumultuous durations in this nation's short life.

Inside the remarkable period that spans approximately from 1800 through 1850, america surfaced from its inauspicious beginning as a little newborn nation, battling for survival and politics cohesion on the Atlantic seaboard, to a near-empire that spanned the continent. It had been a time where the "imagine our founders" propagate in ways that few men of that Revolutionary Generation may have imagined. And it was a time that ultimately led to the great, tragic conflagration that adopted—the American Civil Battle. The narratives that form A Nation Increasing each exemplify the "hidden record" of America, checking out a vastly more technical way to nationhood than the tidily packed national myth of an destiny made express by visionary politics leaders and fearless pioneers. Instead, Davis (whose writing People newspaper in comparison to "returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had") explores many historical shows that reverberate even today, including

• Aaron Burr's 1807 trial, showcasing the politics intrigue of the early Republic and becoming one of your nation's first media circuses
• an 1813 Indian uprising and an ensuing massacre that exposes the powerful issues at the heart of America's enlargement
• a mutiny aboard the slave ship Creole and the ways in which the establishment of slavery both damaged lives and warped our nation's founding
• the "Dade Massacre" and the beginning of the next Seminole War, an extended, deadly issue between Indian tribes, their BLACK allies, and the emergent U.S. Military
• the bloody "Bible Riots" in Philadelphia, demonstrating how fatal anti-immigrant sentiment could be
• the account of Jessie Benton FrÉmont and Lt. John C. FrÉmont, a remarkable couple who jointly helped open the West, bring California into the Union, and provided literal shape to the country today

The issues elevated in these intertwined reviews—ambition, ability, territorial enlargement, slavery, intolerance, civil privileges, independence of the press—continue to make headlines. The ensuing book is not only riveting storytelling in its right, but a stirring reminder of the ways in which our history continues to shape our present.