Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1) by McClay, Wilfred M.
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1) by McClay, Wilfred M.

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1)

VOLUME ONE: SHAPING A NEW NATIONFrom 1492 to 1877 The American story begins before there was an...
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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1) by McClay, Wilfred M.

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1)

$63.40
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1) by McClay, Wilfred M.

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 1)

$63.40
Author: Wilfred M. McClay
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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VOLUME ONE: SHAPING A NEW NATION
From 1492 to 1877

The American story begins before there was an America at all, except in the imagination of peoples around the world, living in poverty and yearning for freedom. From its beginnings America has been a land of hope, a magnet for people looking for a new beginning, a new life for themselves and their families. Out of their efforts a new nation gradually came into being. It was a nation formed by men and women who believed that freedom meant being able to rule themselves, rather than being ruled over by distant kings and princes. Such a nation would be a great experiment, a large republic unlike any other in history. Through a brave war of independence, and wise acts of statecraft, its leaders created a system of government that could protect the ideals of freedom and self-rule that they cherished. It was a brilliant system. But it was far from perfect, especially in its permitting the continued existence of slavery. It could not prevent a bloody and wounding civil war, a terrible contest pitting brother against brother and testing the great experiment to the breaking point--testing, but not breaking. The nation came out of the Civil War and postwar Reconstruction battered, but with a future full of possibility lying ahead.

Author: Wilfred M. McClay
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781641771702

About the Author

Wilfred M. McClay is the G. T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and the Director of the Center for the History of Liberty. His book The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America was awarded the 1995 Merle Curti Award of the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American intellectual history. Among his other books are A Student's Guide to U.S. History, Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in America, Figures in the Carpet: Finding the Human Person in the American Past, and Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America. He was appointed in 2002 to membership on the National Council on the Humanities, the advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and served in that capacity for eleven years. He is a member of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is planning events for the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Academy of Education. He is a graduate of St. John's College (Annapolis) and received his PhD in History from the Johns Hopkins University.


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