Marvelous illustrations in that book to accompany the text.
Posted on 12/03/2020 10:19:52 PM PST by MAGA2017
I'm looking for books on American history that I can give to my ten year son. He's interested in the American Revolutionary War but he's interested in other topics as well. I'm concerned about ordering something from Amazon or elsewhere that might contain nonsense about transgender Founding Fathers or Muslim pioneers who took part in the Constitutional Convention.
Any suggestions?
20 years ago I was astounded to read in my kids history book that George W Bush traveled the Oregon trail, but the racist fascists in Portland tried to lynch him cause he was a conservative black man so he fled across the Columbia and founded Washington state
to price search/locate new and used books.
But you have to know the title or author or get lucky with keywords
I think that complex reads can be read and discussed by parents and children. In that sense, it isn’t beyond them
For your son’s age, you might want to consider some of the historical novels by Kenneth Roberts. Yes, they are fiction, but they are very engaging. Check Wikipedia for titles, and
https://archive.org
if you want to examine PDFs of the books. Arundel, Rabble in Arms , and Northwest Passage are good choices.
Bernhard DeVoto’s version of the Journals of Lewis and Clark may be of interest.
I go back to about 1930. After that, everything appears to be distorted...and repeated.
Yes, William Federer
Greek New Testament.
Wealth of Nations. A. Smith.
Good reading for young and old.
All the Landmark books are great, if you can find them. (maybe on Ebay)
I second that. Anything before 1980.
Little weighty for a 10 year old, but like those size 12 shoes my Grandfather bought on sale when I was in 5th grade.
"You'll grow into them."
When I was tasked to teach American lot to high schoolers, I went to the home school store where I found a 1989 elements o literature. I had all the kids get a copy on line -cost them a dollareach plus shipping. History can be taught through literature. Also get acquainted with good films. My kids know all the American musicals. Great history lessons. How people lived how the country was founded
Marvelous illustrations in that book to accompany the text.
'Return With Honor' by Scott O'Grady.
When he gets a little older, try 'George Washington's War' by Robert Leckie. Yes, THAT Robert Leckie.
The Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge
Show your kid how the FBI really is.
Look for old ones...
Go to a used book store and look for history books written before 1960. Actually same with math (math has not changed only the way it is being taught has).
Have you even read Larry’s works?
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