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Land of Hope Young Readers' Edition - An Invitation to the Great American Story (Paperback)
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Land of Hope Young Readers' Edition - An Invitation to the Great American Story (Paperback)
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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.
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