Monday, December 27, 2010

Book Review: A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen

A Patriot's History of the United States tells the true story of the USA.  The book tells the story of the USA without the modern bias or political correctness that ravages most modern American history books.  This book should be required reading for every high school student in the USA!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, but be forewarned...this book is long.  It's not for the faint of heart.  It will take some dedication to get through the 829 pages.  However, the chapters are short, so it's the kind of book that can be easily picked up and put down frequently.  Several long plane trips, including one from New York to Singapore gave me my best opportunity to make a big dent in this one, and I was glad I did it.

I recommend this book for anyone who has an interest in American history.  I especially recommend parents to try to steer their young adult children to this book.  It would certainly help them in their American history and world history understanding.  The book does an especially fine job of making connections to events in history that seemed unrelated.  Once you read the book, you come to realize that hardly anything of significance in world history happens in a vacuum.  You will learn a lot and enjoy the story.