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Land of Hope : An Invitation to the Great American Story by Wilfred M. McClay (2019, Hardcover)

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We have a glut of text and trade books on American history. But what we don't have is a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compulsively readable book that will offer to American readers a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their own country. Such an account can shape and deepen their sense of the land they inhabit and, by making them understand that land's roots, and share in its memories, will equip them for the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in American society. It will provide them with an enduring sense of membership in one of the greatest enterprises in human history: the exciting, perilous, and consequential story of their own country.The existing texts simply fail to tell that story with energy and conviction. They are more likely to reflect the skeptical or partial outlook of specialized professional academic historians, an outlook that leads to a fragmented and fractured view of modern American society and fails to convey to American readers the greater arc of their own history. Or they disproportionately reflect the outlook of radical critics of American society, whose one-sided accounts lack the balance of a larger perspective and have had an enormous, and largely negative, effect upon the teaching of American history in American high schools and colleges.This state of affairs cannot continue for long without producing serious consequences. A great nation needs and deserves a great and coherent narrative, as an expression of its own self-understanding; and it needs to be able to convey that narrative to its young effectively. It perhaps goes without saying that such a narrative cannot be a fairy tale or a whitewash of the past; it will not be convincing if it is not truthful. But there is no necessary contradiction between an honest account of the American past and an inspiring one. This account seeks to provide both.

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Publisher
Encounter Books
ISBN-10
1594039372
ISBN-13
9781594039379
eBay Product ID (ePID)
248354640

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Book Title
Land of Hope : an Invitation to the Great American Story
Author
Wilfred M. Mcclay
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Reference, North America, United States / General
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
504 Pages

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Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Item Weight
0 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E178.3.M143 2019
Grade from
Ninth Grade
Grade to
College Senior
Copyright Date
2019
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2018-045970

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5 out of 5 stars
by pwalterOct 02, 2019
An excellent read for one who is more than literate by today's standards.
The author carefully engages the reader with the hope of bringing them into the vast chronological narrative that is the birth of America. Thankfully, he does not attempt to dumb down the language. His insights and analysis of the world slavery issue as it existed during and subsequent to the founding is balanced with neither the trite blaming of the founders, so prevalent in today's writings, nor the hand wringing apologies that never address the true reasons America allowed slavery or how quickly we expelled it after we became a constitutional republic. An excellent read for one who seeks a fairly in depth look at our founding without slogging through volumes of tedious detail.
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5 out of 5 stars
by fredoniaheadNov 17, 2020
Good one for home-schooling, especially if you're sick of the Anti-American agenda
This is a good history book for home schooling. It is nice as a non-Cultural Marxist alternative to mainstream textbook publishers and their Howard Zinnian textbooks that are aimed mainly at hating everyone and everything associated with America's founding. McClay does a fine job of telling the American story without being a pushover but, at the same time, attempting to teach and not indoctrinate. The hardcover can be difficult to obtain, but the soft cover or even the e-book is a good value. I recommend the book along with Mary Grabar's "Debunking Howard Zinn" as important and interesting additions to one's history library.
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by pater_noster1Jul 20, 2020
Excellent US history book presented beautifully
A large and thorough introduction to our nation's history, written in narrative form as opposed to textbook format. I've just begun but already I appreciate the author's style of writing, clear and lyrical at times. I'm way beyond my school days when I hated history class but as an American adult now, I've been searching for a good overview without any political bias, either way. Facts, but not presented in a dry as dust style. I think I've found it in this book. It's a big book which seems a little daunting but I have a feeling that once I sit down, I'll have a hard time pulling away from it at bedtime. Recommended highly for all Americans high-school aged and beyond. Especially recommended for adults like me who love our country but have forgotten so much since days in school.
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by lwri1334Oct 16, 2019
History without the propaganda or hysterics!
Captivating and enthralling to read! Presents US history in an intelligent, even-handed, bi-partisan way. Written with common sense, civility and a strict adherence to fact and truth (instead of a format of indoctrination, propaganda or shaming.)
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5 out of 5 stars
by fsgtrmnSep 12, 2019
tThe title is true to it's content.
Very well written, not dry nor slow. Compelling history on a much needed topic from a neutral perspective. It should be required study for middle school through high school and beyond.
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An excellent read for one who is more than literate by today's standards.

Good one for home-schooling, especially if you're sick of the Anti-American agenda

Excellent US history book presented beautifully

History without the propaganda or hysterics!

tThe title is true to it's content.

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