The American Promise

  The following post has three assignments as stated below; 1.The American Promise In relation to the book; The American Promise (Second Compact Edition) volume 2 Chapters: 17-20 What was so special about the West in the late 1800s? Describe some of the different types of people who lived in the West and the challenges they faced. Explain how the West was changing rapidly in this time period. 2.Heart of a leader Write a 2 summary papers of the book (heart of a leader by ken Blanchard). write it so that a person who has never read the book can know what is this book all about from the papers you are writing. 3. Literary nationalism Define for me literary nationalism and how it worked in America during the early 19th century. Please feel free to search for this term on the Internet. Once you have defined literary nationalism, please explain for me how that works or doesn't work in either of the Washington Irving stories we read Week 4: "Rip Van Winkle" or "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."