A History of the American People, Paul Johnson

A History of the American People (hb, 1088pp), by Paul Johnson is one of the finest single works on the vast subject of American History. Mr. Johnson is an accomplished writer who has managed to highlight the formative and definitive events of America, describing people and places in a succinct and entertaining manner. His analysis is intelligent. He has managed to devine the facets of the American character that made America the foremost country on the Earth. America is a proud nation that seems, in this juncture of its history, to be going through an identity crisis. This book will remind the world of the roots of the American nation and will tend to remind all Americans that they do have a history and a culture of which they should be proud.