Land of Hope Young Reader's Edition: An Invitation to the Great American Story Volume 1 - Paperback

by Wilfred M. McClay (Author)

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

American History for Middle School -- Grades 6-8

The FIRST book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of Hope

From its beginnings America was a land of hope, a magnet for those seeking a new beginning for themselves. The American Founders created a unique plan of government designed to realize those ideals. Implementing the plan was not easy, though, and a bloody civil war would push the American experiment to the breaking point -- and to a new birth of freedom.

Author Biography

Wilfred M. McClay is Professor of History and the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College.