Download or read book A History of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Waddy Thompson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the United States Many years had to follow the close Of the conflict before it was possible for an American to look upon its causes and its results without passion or prejudice. But the coun try has, at length, become united in sentiment as well as in name. The patriotism exhibited in the war with Spain - patriotism that recognized no point Of the compass showed that the last vestige Of sectionalism has passed away. The purpose Of this book is to present the history Of the United States in such a way that the pupils who study it may become proud Of an American heritage. With prejudice eliminated from the account Of the Old sectional controversies, the minds Of the children Of a reunited country may be more readily directed toward the study Of the marvelous progress Of America. With this Object in view, considerable stress has been laid upon the achieve ments Of peace, which, after all, should have the foremost place in history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.