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I have finally. FINALLY. finished this massive book which I had to read for school. This review will be rather short in comparison to some of my others due to the fact that it's a history text book and since I'm not a historian myself, I'm not entirely sure how to approach reviewing this.
The book is very very biased which I don't necessarily find to be a bad thing since it's called A Patriot's history etc...which implies that it's history from the view point of a particular person (or "type" of person per say) and not an overall strictly factual textbook.
I do appreciate that this book covers everything from Icelandic Vikings and pirates that existed before the discovery of America to 9/11 and everything in between and covering all topics from politics to war to religion to entertainment to industry and so on.
I also enjoyed the timelines that each chapter had as a way of showing you beforehand what events are covered in the specific chapter.
I found that this book revealed a lot of ways in which or history effects the state of the United States today from cultural difficulties to international wars to governmental decisions etc. The point of this book is seemingly to show America as a country built on hard work and character rather than the bigotry, racism, and sexism it seems to be based on today. Which I liked.
I also agreed with a lot of the more biased statements in the book though I would not necessarily recommend this to someone who wants a history textbook for pure factual content. I have studied much American history before reading this to have a grammar for it before reading a more biased book on the same events. For someone who wants an American history book which will provoke discussion this is the one for you!!
I am glad I read this. I learned a lot!
The only reason I left off the 5th star has everything to do to entertainment value because I found some parts uninteresting with too many names to keep straight in which the authors made it rather confusing.
Again, I recommend this to anyone who a)loves history and wants something that will invoke thought and discussion as well as making you view the U.S. history in your own pov b)has a ton of time on their hands and c) likes big floppy paperback books (because man is this HUGE.)
The book is very very biased which I don't necessarily find to be a bad thing since it's called A Patriot's history etc...which implies that it's history from the view point of a particular person (or "type" of person per say) and not an overall strictly factual textbook.
I do appreciate that this book covers everything from Icelandic Vikings and pirates that existed before the discovery of America to 9/11 and everything in between and covering all topics from politics to war to religion to entertainment to industry and so on.
I also enjoyed the timelines that each chapter had as a way of showing you beforehand what events are covered in the specific chapter.
I found that this book revealed a lot of ways in which or history effects the state of the United States today from cultural difficulties to international wars to governmental decisions etc. The point of this book is seemingly to show America as a country built on hard work and character rather than the bigotry, racism, and sexism it seems to be based on today. Which I liked.
I also agreed with a lot of the more biased statements in the book though I would not necessarily recommend this to someone who wants a history textbook for pure factual content. I have studied much American history before reading this to have a grammar for it before reading a more biased book on the same events. For someone who wants an American history book which will provoke discussion this is the one for you!!
I am glad I read this. I learned a lot!
The only reason I left off the 5th star has everything to do to entertainment value because I found some parts uninteresting with too many names to keep straight in which the authors made it rather confusing.
Again, I recommend this to anyone who a)loves history and wants something that will invoke thought and discussion as well as making you view the U.S. history in your own pov b)has a ton of time on their hands and c) likes big floppy paperback books (because man is this HUGE.)