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 Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White
Setting the Record Straight is a unique
view of the religious and moral heritage of black Americans, with an
emphasis on the untold yet significant stories from our rich
political history. The material presented is ground-breaking and
revolutionary, leaving viewers amazed and inspired.
About the Author
David Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an organization
dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with
an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage.
David is author of numerous best-selling works and a national
award-winning historian who brings a fresh perspective to history. |
 The American Patriot's Almanac
The fife and drum of history mark the
time of each passing day. And within their cadence,
personalities, conflicts, discoveries, ideas, and
nations peal and fade. American history is no different.
From the starving time of Jamestown during the Winter of
1609, through the bloody argument of the Civil War, and
to today, the United States is a tale best told one day
at a time . . . Best-selling author and educator Dr.
William J. Bennett is a master of the story that is the
United States.
And in The American Patriot's Almanac,
Bennett distills the American drama into three hundred
sixty-five entries-one for each day of the year.
Fascinating in its detail and singular in its grasp of
the big themes, Bennett's Almanac will make anyone a fan
of history, assembling even some of the most obscure
details. Even better, it will make of everyone a
patriot.
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 America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I):
From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
From Publishers Weekly... Bennett, a secretary of education under President Reagan and author of The Book of Virtues, offers a new, improved history of America, one, he says, that will respark hope and a "conviction about American greatness and purpose" in readers. He believes current offerings do not "give Americans an opportunity to enjoy the story of their country, to take pleasure and pride in what we have done and become." To this end, Bennett methodically hits the expected patriotic high points (Lewis & Clark, the Gettysburg Address) and even, to its credit, a few low ones (Woodrow Wilson's racism, Teddy Roosevelt's unjust dismissal of black soldiers in the Brownsville judgment). America is best suited for a high school or home-schooled audience searching for a general, conservative-minded textbook.
More discerning adult readers will find that the lack of originality and the overreliance on a restricted number of dated sources (Samuel Eliot Morison, Daniel Boorstin, Henry Steele Commager) make the book a retread of previous popular histories (such as Boorstin's The Americans). This is history put to use as inspiration rather than serving to enlighten or explain, but Bennett does succeed in shaping the material into a coherent, readable narrative. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved |
 | Defining a Nation In this unique compilation by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam, the key issues of what has shaped America are discussed in the essays of some of our nation's leading historians and writers, including Walter Cronkite, John Gregory Dunne, Louis Auchincloss, Joan Didion, and Mary Gordon. Each chapter provides long-sought-after and often surprising answers to questions of how today's America emerged and where the country is headed. 300 photographs and illustrations. |
|   | A Patriot's Handbook The poems, songs, speeches, letters, and historical documents that Caroline Kennedy has chosen for this remarkable collection remind us of the foundations on which America was built. But they also ask us to examine what it truly means to be a "patriot," even if our assumptions are challenged along the way, because it is only by doing so that America can "truly be our own." |
|   | America the Beautiful
Skilled watercolor and gouache artist Wendell Minor sets the lyrics to one of America's favorite songs to pictures in this lovingly patriotic tribute. It's hard to imagine a better primer on the history or meaning behind "America the Beautiful" than this--Minor's elegant, evocative illustrations back up each line of Katharine Lee Bates' breathless prose, and an informative introduction by Minor and bios on both Bates and composer Samuel Augustus Ward provide ample background on the song's journey to cultural cult status. Surely, this is a "heartland"-centric homage, but that's no doubt the nature of the song. The images display an older, idealized America and also alludes to future hope, with a climbing space shuttle and the fallen WTC commemorated in lights. |
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