Rediscovering America: How the National Holidays Tell an Amazing Story About Who We Are [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Powell, Scott S.

Published by Post Hill Press, New York, 2022

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New condition black boards with white spine lettering contained in a new condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes Advance Praise for Rediscovering America; Author Dedication; Prologue; Introduction by David Horowitz; Endnotes and Acknowledgments. "There were times and places in human history when there were nation states of cultural achievement, virtue and efflorescence, such as in Periclean Athens, in the Florence of the Medicis, and in England of Elizabeth and Shakespeare. But none were founded the way America was. The United States is the only country in the entire history of mankind that was specifically founded on ideas and principles, rather than blood lineage, language, common culture, and the spoils of war and conquest. And the founding ideas of America - that all people are created equal in value and that they have unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, remain as powerful today as ever. Rediscovering America is a must read for everyone committed to seeing these ideas survive and prevail over the present woke confusion." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Scott Powell reminds us in the current age of uncertainty that without national commemorative holidays, shared reverence for our founding customs and traditions, and some sense of collective gratitude to past generations, a huge, increasingly divided, diverse, and often volatile American democracy simply cannot endure." - Victor Davis Hanson, The Hoover Institution. "If you understand that human beings are flawed (the Founders did), then you understand (and marvel) at what a moral achievement America is. The Left wants to denigrate that achievement. Scott Powell won't let them get away with it. Read his powerful, inspiring and concise new book, Rediscovering America, and reaffirm what you always knew - America is an exceptional nation." - Dennis Prager, Founder of PragerU. "Scott Powell's delightful book, a luminous retelling of the great American saga through the stories behind its holidays, will be for many Americans a vehicle for recovering a deep appreciation of our profoundly unique and virtuous heritage. In his hands, the stately procession of those holidays, from Columbus Day in October to Constitution Day in September, are made to open us up to our past - a past that is already a part of us. Like the elements making up a great liturgy, the elements in our procession of holidays help us to find ourselves again, and recover the faith and hope that animated the creation of our nation in the first place." - Wilfred M. McClay, Professor of History, Hillsdale College and author. "It's always a good time to rediscover America. Our country's story is a history of great men, monumental achievements and what may appear, even to skeptics, as providential interventions. Scott Powell has had the good idea of telling America's story by focusing on our national holidays, and how they came to be - stories that tell American readers why they should be grateful to those on whose shoulders they are fortunate enough to stand." - Michael Barone, Senior political analyst, Washington Examiner. Seller Inventory # 007305

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rediscovering America: How the National ...

Publisher: Post Hill Press, New York

Publication Date: 2022

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Cote, John (cover jacket design)

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition