“THIS IS A LITTLE HISTORY WITH A BIG HEART, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.”
                                  —Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers

“WITH IMAGINATION, VERVE, AND STYLISHNESS, James Davidson distills American history into its compelling essence. For newcomers to the subject, an incomparable primer; for veterans, the familiar made fresh with
judicious insight.”
                                                —H. W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin

“A BOOK OF LITERARY GRACE and narrative invention. Not only the writing but also the conceptualization consistently engage the reader.
Uncommonly imaginative.”
                                    —Christine Heyrman, author of American Apostles

“DAVIDSON FACES A HERCULEAN TASK in condensing more than five hundred years of history into a slim volume. He fulfills this difficult brief with authority and brio.”
                                       —Richard Aldous, author of Reagan and Thatcher

“THIS ATTRACTIVE, EMINENTLY READABLE ACCOUNT covers the United States, from founding times to the current day . . . Seldom has this story been told from such an approachable viewpoint. Students will flock to the book.”
                                                                                               —Library Journal