A History of the United States
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), 19th Century, 20th Century
| Author: | John Bach McMaster | ISBN: | 1230000356817 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | April 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Bach McMaster |
| ISBN: | 1230000356817 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | April 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
It has long been the custom to begin the history of our country with the discovery of the New World by Columbus. To some extent this is both wise and necessary; but in following it in this instance the attempt has been made to treat the colonial period as the childhood of the United States; to have it bear the same relation to our later career that the account of the youth of a great man should bear to that of his maturer years, and to confine it to the narration of such events as are really necessary to a correct understanding of what has happened since 1776.
It has long been the custom to begin the history of our country with the discovery of the New World by Columbus. To some extent this is both wise and necessary; but in following it in this instance the attempt has been made to treat the colonial period as the childhood of the United States; to have it bear the same relation to our later career that the account of the youth of a great man should bear to that of his maturer years, and to confine it to the narration of such events as are really necessary to a correct understanding of what has happened since 1776.
