Clarence Carson is a man who cherishes our noblest traditions. Far too many modem historians, pursuing the agenda of the Left, leave our past in tatters. Not Dr. Carson. He understands what made our country great - and what threatens us today. He gives us the facts, and interprets them in ways that patriotic conservatives wilt applaud. He captures the color too, the clash of controversy, the values we are still struggling to hand down to our children...

• The good old days, when the states actually shrank from collecting taxes
• George Washington, and why he deserves to be a legend * How to make a young country boom
• The XYZ affair (and isn't it time we studied our own history to learn how to conduct foreign policy?)
• The Abolitionists: whom do they remind you of today?
• Excerpts from Mencken's masterful satire, 'A Constitution for the New Deal"
• John Dewey, and what he did to American education
• 5 Republican landslides in 32 years: Dr. Carson explains why · American war heroes. What makes them great
• I'm tired of babying the Soviets,' says one Democrat President, finally

If we had our druthers, this book-set would become the text in every college and high school course in American history from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. For one thing, it would keep the students awake. For another, it would make them proud of our heritage - and determined to keep it alive. it won't happen. But we do make this prediction: More and more, you'll be seeing this set adopted as the text in those colleges and schools that resolve to protect their students from the plague of liberalism. And if you've long since left the campus behind but would like a sound, readable reftesher in American history, this is your first choice.