Title: THE book to read if you want to learn U.S. History
Review: The American Pageant does more than provide the reader with a dry recital of the facts and figures of U.S. History. It addresses the way our ancestors lived and died in all its human foibles. It presents a holistic approach to history, never forgetting how events in other areas of the world have both benefited and harmed our country. I first became acquainted with the book in the 1970s while in high school, having been given a copy of the 1958 edition of the book by my mother (a high school history teacher!). I found myself reading it strictly for entertainment sake! Later, while in college, I took the CLEP tests in U.S. History, and the book proved invaluable! I easily passed both directly as a result of my exposure to The American Pageant. Now, I find myself with a son about to take high school history, and this is the ONLY book I'd recommend to him.
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