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Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose - one of the country's most influential historians - confronts America's failures and struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs. To America celebrates the men and women who invented the United States and made it exceptional.
Taking a few swings at today's political correctness, Ambrose grapples with the country's historic sins of racism, its neglect and ill treatment of Native Americans, and its tragic errors. He reflects on some of the early founders - great men such as Washington and Jefferson - who, while progressive thinkers, lived a contradiction as slaveholders. He contemplates the genius of Andrew Jackson's defeat of a vastly superior British force with a ragtag army in the War of 1812. He describes the grueling journey that Lewis and Clark made to open up the country, and the building of the railroad that produced great riches for a few barons.
Ambrose explains the misunderstood presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, records the country's assumption of world power under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, and extols the heroic victory of World War II. He explores women's rights and civil rights, immigration, museum and nation-building.
Most importantly, Ambrose tells us about writing history, and what an historian's job is all about. As he says, "The last five letters of the word 'history' tell us that it is an account of the past that is about people and what they did, which is what makes it the most fascinating of subjects." As he reflects upon American history, Ambrose shares his own personal history. To America is an instant classic for those interested in history, patriotism, and the love of writing.
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Average Customer Review: 4.18 of 5
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN: 0-7435-2922-7
Audio Length: 4 hours and 32 min.
Other audio books by Stephen E. Ambrose:
Band of Brothers
Citizen Soldiers
D-Day
Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972 (Unabridged)
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (Unabridged)
The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany (Unabridged)
Undaunted Courage (Unabridged)
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
