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Book Review: ‘Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story’

We can help our children and grandchildren develop a respect and affection for those who founded and built this country.
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Book Review: ‘Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story’
"Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States" by Howard Chandler Christy. Public domain
Jeff Minick
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For 50 years, our familiarity with American history has taken a beating.

In 2008, universities conferred 34,642 degrees in history. By 2017 that number had dropped to 24,266, according to the American Historical Association’s Perspectives on History.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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