Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Civil War: The North | 2000 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 2 | Sixties Counterculture | 2000 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 3 | Slavery | 2001 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 4 | The Roaring Twenties | 2001 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 5 | The Renaissance | 2002 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor | 2003 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
| 7 | The Black Death | 2003 | Raymond Obstfeld | Buy |
The History Firsthand series by Raymond Obstfeld consists of seven volumes published between 2000 and 2003. Each book compiles primary source materials on a specific historical topic, from The Civil War: The North and Slavery to The Renaissance and The Black Death.
The series offers readers direct access to historical voices and documents rather than secondhand accounts. Topics range across centuries and continents, covering Sixties Counterculture, The Roaring Twenties, and Pearl Harbor alongside older subjects. Obstfeld’s role as editor and compiler shows a different side of his work compared to his fiction writing.