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..”.author has the gift of finding the particular detail that illuminates the whole…the narrative comes out to be more than the sum of its parts.” -Emily Maxwell, The New Yorker Magazine ..”.the struggle for independence, the creation of a new government, westward expansion, regional differences, Civil War, social and economic change, Depression and world wars-all described and related the one to another in a smooth and knowledgeable narrative.” -Nash K. Burger, The New York Times ..”.the best short history that I have ever read.”-Thurman Arnold ..”.a model volume of its kind…deserves wide acceptance.” -Allan Nevins
