Thanks. Bailyn is one of only a few conservative historians that I can count on one hand. Didn’t know of McDonald, but not surprised given the attention he got from George Nash.
Have you ever read George Bancroft’s “History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent”?
Given how most historians have thrown in with progressives they’re generally problematic, I highly value original sources as a way around them.
I’ll have to check out the Bancroft book.
David Hackett Fischer is another excellent historian.
“Albion’s Seed”
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
“Washington’s Crossing”
Thomas Fleming also
“A Disease in the Public Mind”
“The New Dealer’s War”
here’s a list of of his history titles:
http://thomasflemingwriter.com/history.html