The American Pageant

Test Preparation
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<p>I am considering self-studying AP US History, and have been looking for the best text book to use. After some research, I am finding that most schools use The American Pageant for the class? Do you guys find this to be true?</p>

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<p>Yeah.. It's true.</p>

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<p>'K, does anyone know a good place that I can get one cheap? With the test at $82, I can't afford to spend a lot on the book, too.</p>

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<p>Try Ebay. You can also get the guidebooks.</p>

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<p>if you search for ap us study guides on google, a website will come up that has the entire american pageant outline</p>

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<p>What chocl8lvr is referring to is helpful, but the book is most important, otherwise you'd be missing out on a lot.</p>

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<p>Hi Katie,</p>

<p>Here are some good sites for books:</p>

<p>New books: <a href="http://www.addall.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.addall.com&lt;/a> (price comparisons of many vendors)</p>

<p>Used books: <a href="http://www.used.addall.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.used.addall.com&lt;/a> (same idea)</p>

<p>Both used and new: <a href="http://www.bookfinder.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.bookfinder.com&lt;/a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>These sites are great for finding cheap books. I found many, many used copies of THE AMERICAN PAGEANT at the "addall" used site. But, you will want to be careful about which edition you want; obviously, a 1975 edition might be cheap but probably won't be the most helpful. </p>

<p>You will also have to consider the condition of used books (which is reported on the used book sites). Many really cheap ones will have a lot of highlighting or underlining, which may or may not bother you. Theoretically, books in "very good" or "fine" or "like new" condition won't have highlighting; books in "good" condition can, and books in "acceptable" condition probably will. You can e-mail the seller to get a better description whether or not there is underlining and if so how much. </p>

<p>On the amazon.com used book area, there is buyer feedback so you can get an idea of how relaible the particular seller is.</p>

<p>Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions about book shopping on line, I have done a lot of it (probably more than I should have...)</p>

<p>I'd also like to say that I too admire you and your efforts and am happy to help in any way I can. Consult this forum often; as you know, a lot of people here are eager to help kids out.</p>