America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I): From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
by William J. Bennett
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Author: William J. BennettEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2006-05-23
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 592
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
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Book Review: Okay overview of American history
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good book for anyone who either has little grasp of the main points of US history from 1492 to 1914, or for someone who's forgotten all that high school US history. But I thought it spent too much time on trivial facts, such as electoral and popular vote results of each and every presidential election, at the expense of facts that might have been more relevant and enlightening -- for example, a good explanation of the electoral college and why it was and still is in use. Similarly, the book mentions the votes and veto of the Chinese Exclusion Act, but completely neglects to explain what the Act was (I know all about it, but I bet a lot of readers are not familiar with it).
So definitely worth a read, but with the caveat that it might leave the reader wanting a more thorough history of the US.
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