Land of hope : an invitation to the great American story / by Wilfred M. McClay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClay, Wilfred M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Juvenile literature.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2019]

Summary:

For too long we've lacked a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compulsively readable book that offers American readers a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their country. Such a fresh retelling of the American story is especially needed today, to shape and deepen young Americans' sense of the land they inhabit, help them to understand its roots and share in its memories, all the while equipping them for the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in American societyThe existing texts simply fail to tell that story with energy and conviction. Too often they reflect a fragmented outlook that fails to convey to American readers the grand trajectory of their own history. 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 its aspirations; and it needs to be able to convey that narrative to its young effectively. Of course, it goes without saying that such a narrative cannot be a fairy tale of the past. It will not be convincing if it is not truthful. But as Land of Hope brilliantly shows, there is no contradiction between a truthful account of the American past and an inspiring one. Readers of Land of Hope will find both in its pages.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: McClay, Wilfred M., author. Land of hope

ISBN:

9781594039386

1594039380

OCLC:

1241825360