America: The Last Best Hope, Vol. I

Bill Bennett

It is important to America's future that its citizens know American history, and today's public school system is woefully underperforming, to say the least, in their job to educate our youth. Bill Bennett, in America: The Last Best Hope, does his best to pick up some of the slack.

In a history book that reads like a novel, Bennett tells the usuall stories, but also brings to light stories that will be new, and fascinating, to the reader. Where David McCullough spends chapters and volumes on specifics of American history, Bennett stays brief and keeps the book moving. It will serve as a springboard for you to investigate other, more detailed books, provided you're into American history, as it will give a quick overview of the decades, Presidential administrations and eras. You'll finish the Volume One with an appreciation for 18th and 19th Century American history, and you'll eagerly await the release of Volume II.