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    David E. Shi

    David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual “author-in-residence” campus visits.

    David E. Shi

    David Emory Shi?is president emeritus and professor emeritus at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. After receiving his PhD from the University of Virginia, he taught for seventeen years at Davidson College, where he won the Distinguished Teaching Award and served as History Department Chair. In addition to authoring the best-selling America: A Narrative History family of books, he is the author of several books focusing on American cultural history, including the award-winning?The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture?and?Facing Facts: Realism in American Thought and Culture, 1850–1920. While serving as a Trustee at several colleges, he remains highly engaged with students and instructors around the country with his many annual “author-in-residence” campus visits.

    Books by David E. Shi

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Brief Twelfth Edition, Volume 2, E Book, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Full Eleventh High School Edition, Paperback, 2021

      The best-selling narrative history that students love to read.

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi

      Third High School Edition, E Book, 2022

      A beloved storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi

      Third Edition, Combined Volume, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with more support for student success.

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi

      Third Edition, Volume 1, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with more support for student success.

    • America: The Essential Learning Edition

      David E. Shi

      Third Edition, Volume 2, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with more support for student success.

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Twelfth Edition, Volume 1, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills.

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Twelfth Edition, Volume 2, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Brief Twelfth Edition, Combined Volume, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills

    • America: A Narrative History

      David E. Shi

      Brief Twelfth Edition, Volume 1, Mixed Media, 2022

      The best-selling storytelling approach with tools that develop history skills

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