The fight for independence and the devastating Civil War. The Baby Boom and the birth of the computer age. Gold rushes and oil gushes. Through engaging text and lavish images, <i>We Americans</i> follows the day-to-day lives of the people and events that shaped our nation, with a focus on the country's unprecedented mix of immigrants and how they transformed this nation. We Americans features 14 essays by best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writers and 300 illustrations and rarely published archival photographs, artwork, and maps, plus a 200-year timeline and an index.