A beautifully written story of America's historical heritage, by one of the country's greatest historians.

Originally published in 1931 by Little, Brown, and Company.

Cullen particularly focuses on the founding fathers and the Declaration of Independence ("the charter of the American Dream"); Abraham Lincoln, with his rise fr

“A wonderfully readable account of Chicago’s early history” and the inspiration behind PBS’s American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).