Land of Hope

An Invitation to the Great American Story

By: Wilfred M. McClay

Narrated by: Pete Cross

We have a glut of text and trade books on American history. But what we don’t have is a compact, inexpensive, and authoritative book that will offer to American citizens a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their own country. Such an account can shape and deepen their sense of the land they inhabit and, by making them understand that land’s roots, and share in its memories, equip them for the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship in American society. It will provide them with an enduring sense of membership in one of the greatest enterprises in human history: the exciting, perilous, and consequential story of their own country.

The existing texts simply fail to tell that story with energy and conviction. They are more likely to reflect the skeptical or partial outlook of specialized professional academic historians, an outlook that leads to a fragmented and fractured view of modern American society and fails to convey the greater arc of history. A great nation needs and deserves a great and coherent narrative as an expression of its own self-understanding, and it needs to be able to convey that narrative to its young effectively. It perhaps goes without saying that such a narrative cannot be a fairy tale or a whitewash of the past; it will not be convincing if it is not truthful. But there is no necessary contradiction between an honest account of the American past and an inspiring one. This account seeks to provide both.

©2020 Wilfred M. McClay (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Outstanding review of America’s story

I found this audio book inspiring. America has had its history tarnished by the elite revisionists who focus only on the negative aspects of our heritage. The author includes many of these warts in his book but skillfully balances them with the many events that make our country the envy of the world. I wish this could be the American History textbook for all high schools.

Great and Balanced History text

Loved it! The detail level was just right, and it wove in relevant themes and trends.

A wonderful book about our wonderful land

Dr. McCray tells an engaging tale of our history without glossing over the sins of our past but giving
an evenhanded account.

beautiful, beautiful and beautiful!!!

the best book I have read on American history.
fair, entertaining, precise as well as insightful!!

A Fantastic Book

This was a fantastic history book! As I write this, I am completing a class based upon this book and taught by the author himself, Professor McClay! Never have I been privileged to take a class taught by the actual author of the book! I highly recommend this book!