Good, but slightly Politically Correct & Rock&Roll Loving..

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	• The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse ... David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim Modern Times, 2007 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 41 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

History Buff's will love it!

Very good book. Has lots of information that you wouldn't realize happened in history. Great gift idea for any one who loves history!

Excellent Renewal of interest in US history

I have given away my two copies of The Intellectual Devotional to two of my children, so i am ordering two more copies. It is very well written with intriguing facts of American events and personalities. My only problem was that I read three or four entries at a time so I will need another installment in a couple of months.

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the intellectual devotional ameican version

While I find this new edition less enlighting than the first, I believe that it's just because my knowledge of American history is better. I think it will be great for the generation that is no longer taught history in school to keep our foundations clear to these young people.

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Good, but slightly Politically Correct & Rock&Roll Loving..

This mostly excellent book offers one page daily reviews of many important American events and personages. Covering much of our past in a fair and non-biased way, it does tilt somewhat to junk culture and political correctness, though not in a really obvious way. A few great cities receive their due, though many others are not given their own page, like Phildelphia, though pop singers like Mickael Jackson and even Chuck Berry do, not to mention Cary Grant, a good actor, though born in Britain. Should Woody Guthrie get a page, but Cole Porter not? Granted, these are standard gripes in any short reference book, but it shows the tendency for real history to be grouped along with Elvis and junk culture figures. Many historical figures are ignored, even 20th century political icons, though women's lib figures are given the full treatment. Having said this, there are more enough historic events mentioned, and due to lack of space perhaps many items (like say national parks) are hardly even mentioned..Still, can't Dylan, Elvis,etc. be eliminated and replaced with great cities, parks, museums, etc? Probably not in 2007 America.

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Quick read.

Each page is a different info of history. Concise and interesting. Good for that short time or for a read when long attention span is impossible.

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