false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170388231m/52445.jpg 52445 1 <div>We Are the People collects the personal accounts, letters, speeches and other documents that, together, tell the untold story of American history&#8212;two centuries of struggle from the perspective of the people. Featuring first-person accounts by numerous forgotten Americans who provide alternative perspectives on critical moments in our history, this book transports us to many of our country&#8217;s most moving and least celebrated moments, from heart-wrenching slave narratives to pivotal labor speeches, from piercing manifestos by women&#8217;s-rights proponents to American Indians&#8217; accounts of the shame of their culture&#8217;s destruction. We Are the People also explores issues such as poverty, corporate power, immigration, and civil liberties. It includes selections ranging from a Quaker&#8217;s account of life as a conscientious objector during the Civil War to an interview with a woman who helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott; from a native American&#8217;s description of a cavalry charge on a Cheyenne encampment to exploited coal miners' tales of woe; from a contemporary mother's account of stealing groceries to feed her children to manifestoes by today's anti-corporate guerillas. A gripping, accessible read, We Are the People reveals an American experience that is pushed aside, forgotten or ignored all too often by our mainstream mythology.</div> 51160 27 10 2003 We Are the People: Voices from the Other Side of American History total:2|5:1|3:1| 2 8 24 1 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 21:37:12 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 21:37:32 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 18:44:33 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:44:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 11:34:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:34:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 19:51:51 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 19:51:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 02 13:44:11 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:44:11 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 03 07:14:03 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 07:14:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 19 10:18:58 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:19:04 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 27 19:37:51 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:37:51 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 26 05:19:24 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 05:19:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 21 14:51:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 14:51:00 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Aug 25 08:08:06 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 08:08:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 14:40:17 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 14:40:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 07 01:46:59 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 01:50:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Aug 04 09:04:39 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 09:04:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 13 16:21:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 16:21:09 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 13 13:02:05 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 13:02:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 03 22:26:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 22:26:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue May 06 14:39:03 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 14:39:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 27 17:09:13 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 17:09:13 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 30 13:53:07 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 13:53:15 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=52445