Description
Perhaps more happened, faster, in the history of America than in any other. Earl Schenck Miers tells its story as it should be told: in terms of the great moments and events, and through the lives and experiences of individuals.
Among the fifty chapters included are: the faith and longing for freedom of worship that brought the band of Pilgrims to Plymouth’s shores; James Smith’s own account of his capture by the Indians in 1755; excerpts from Davy Crockett’s diary, telling of the last days of the Alamo massacre; a young Southern girl’s description of the burning of Columbia, S.C., in the Civil War. Miers has recreated unforgettably, the hardships of a cattle drive, the inspiring story of how Booker T. Washington overcame great obstacles to build a school, the suspense that held America in a spell in 1927 when a young man named Lindbergh flew to Paris by himself.
This telling of the American story is dramatic, ever engrossing–and it is based on careful scholarship. The more than 200 illustrations by James Daugherty–most of them in color–are an integral part of the book. A great artist and a superb scholar-storyteller have joined forces to produce a memorable record–an instructive, immensely readable and heart-warming book about the country they love.
