Lands of Opportunity describes the formation of the United States through fifty books, one for each of the
fifty states. The story of five hundred years of American history is developed through the stories of explorers,
soldiers, merchants, scientists, farmers, and miners. The dreams of wealth and glory of the early explorers,
the destruction of the civilization of the native peoples, the harsh realities of farm life on the prairie,
and the rise and fall of the gold mines in California are all described in these texts.
Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection at the
University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library.