Understood; though A Patriot’s History… is a welcome alternative to the blame American leftist, fact-twisting, so-called “history” books. I’m a libertarian leaning republican; exactly half-way between the two when I took a”test”.
How about primary source documents?
From Liberty Fund books:
The American Republic from the founding to the Civil War
and
The American Nation from the Civil War till WWII
They also have an excellent collection of economics books your sons would probably appreciate as well as writings from the lesser known founders, from both sides of the Constitutional argument, and later writings as the Republic grew. I definietly think ya’ll would find some treasures there. The original, first bio of Washington by Chief Justice John Marshall, written for school children, abridged from his own 5-Vol. bio, is available there.
I own The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams that is fascinating. Adams: the most overlooked man and the most brilliant mind-the Atlas of Independence as Benjamin Rush called him-in our history, IMO.
Yes, there’s a lot to say about the policy decisions made by Pres. W.Wilson, pre-WW1 and post-WW1, national and international; but I’ll just be succinct and intellectual about it-AARGH!!!
After reading about WW1 and the results of the Treaty…, my 11 yr. old son already came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a mistake. He knows more than I ever did when I was his age, and even now, about the whole thing. Of course, he informed me of JRR Tolkein’s experience in WW1, too and how he was probably inspired (maybe therapy is better word?) to write about the Dead Marshes as a result.
If we were all in one room we’d be up till the wee hours of the morning, Linda (and my son would be jealous that he couldn’t particpate).
Rachel