Schweikart Reviews Overdue Account of America’s True History

Heartland Institute ^ | May 27, 2015 | Nancy Thorner

[aposiopetic]

In praising Larry Schweikart, a history professor at the University of Dayton, for his ability to connect with the American people, Morris suggested four other current authors who can be trusted and who are likewise accessible to the American people: Doris Kearns Godwin, Michael Beschloss, David McCullough, and Paul Johnson.

I'll trust Larry Schweikart, thank you, and possibly Paul Johnson. :)

[LS]

Thanks. I was on one hand honored to listed among these “big-name” historians, but on the other hand, a little concerned to be placed in the context of a plagiarist.

[LS]

By the way, I see that the author edited my ACTUAL response when I learned the book was going to be in Wal-Mart, and the one I said to the audience:

"Thank you, Jesus."

[KC Burke]

I think I would get a big kick out of a long dinner conversation at the table with you and Paul Johnson. We could have Doris park the car.

[LS]

Paul Johnson is fantastic. His "Modern Times" was the inspiration for me to write "Patriot's History of the Modern World" and, to a lesser extent, PHUSA. His ability to in a few words capture a historical figure like he knew them is uncanny.

He had lightning in a bottle with "Modern Times." "The History of the American People" wasn't as good. I've read many of his subsequent books, and they just don't have the same magic.

[KC Burke]

I read his “Birth of the Modern” first. I am still thirsting for just the right Spanish Civil war history after the refresher course he outlined for us in “Modern Times” and I doubt that Rhodes’ recent attempt is it.

I am currently in the middle of “A Great and Terrible King” by Morris while taking a break from a lengthy tome on William Marshall. I seem to have spent most of the last year in the Middle Ages. I am in the last 20 percent of a 9,000 mile driving vacation and have listened to about 20 hours of lectures on both medieval Britian and a history of the crusades.

Next I am going to digest two large volumes on the Acadian dispersion as that made up a large part of my driving vacation. Went to all the sites in that complex story as my wife’s family was very much a part of it.

[Jacquerie]

Yet, I understand you oppose an Article V state convention to propose constitutional amendments. Is that correct?

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’m a huge fan of Paul Johnson. He was recommended to me in the 80’s by Reverend D. Force, a huge black man who made James Earl Jones sound like a falsetto. His comment was “Truth is hard to find, so grab it with both hands when you do.”

Modern Times was the first of is works I read, and a favorite. Intellectuals is another. His forays into brief biography are very good (Washington, Eisenhower) and a good introduction of the author to the uninitiated.

I agree with you on The History of the American People, I prefer your work.

[LS]

Intellectuals was excellent. I found his follow-ups, “Heros” and “Creators” not as intriguing. His “Birth of the Modern” is extremely uneven-—some parts are wonderful, others pretty plodding. It’s clear that he is not as at home in the early 19th century as he was in the 20th.

[LS]

It is.

[LS]

Well, we cover the Spanish-American War in "Patriot's History of the Modern World, vol. 1," but certainly not in great detail. The best single work is "The Splendid Little War."

On a Freeper's recommendation I read "God's War," a history of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman. Very good, balanced, obsessively detailed.