To the rescue

My friend Wilfred McClay holds the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College. He seeks to rescue the teaching of American history from those who hold it hostage. Among his books is Land Of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story, published by Encounter Books and now in its second edition. Encounter also publishes the two-volume young reader’s edition, a student workbook, and a reader’s guide, all of which can be accessed here at Encounter’s site.

Yesterday the New York Post column published Bill’s column “A new textbook that isn’t afraid to teach the history of American greatness and hope.” He explains:

Something has gone seriously wrong with the way we have been teaching American history. The grand story of America has been shattered into a thousand pieces. And it has become loaded with ideological baggage th...