Two of our three volume set of "History of the United States, From The Earliest Times To The Administration of James Buchanan" They were published by Johnson, Fry And Company, New York in 1858. I like the textures of old books, but also the history in here reads differently from what I remember learning in grammar school and high school. In our personal library, these are some of the oldest books we own.
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@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, they are great books @beautifulthing Thank you Shelly, the oldest one we own was published 1780 and I will get in a photo soon @honeybees Thank you rebecca, I find books interesting @paulavdmerwe Thank you Paula, I wanted more than just the books
@webfoot Thank you Paul, I am going to use these books again and will provide an example @scooter Thank you Scooter, the books have several prints within them @new2this Thank you Ann, it was easier when I was in school :) @pwallis Thank you Paula, you should - they make interesting photos
How does the history read different Harry?
History is reinterpretted all the time, I expect you were in school at the beginning of the cold war, knowing what we now know about America the history in school might have been a tad for individual heroes, business success, the post civil war industrialisation of the north, the gold rush...? i.e. things which didn't involve collective, community success which might have appeared to go along with a soviet ideal. Maybe the defeat of Germany was less celebrated when you were at school than it would have been 30 years before, since America tried to be very pro-Germany after World War two and start rebuilding to avoid the situation after world war one. I'd be interested to hear the difference.
@chewyteeth These books are pre-Civil War, The viewpoint is more the United States ARE rather than post-Civil War the United States IS I am looking for a good example so the next time I take a photo of these books I will report it.
Oh I see, thought it might be a whole different philosophy based on USAs affluence since 1945. We'd just had a war with you back in 1815, we burnt down the white house didn't we? Bloody British.
@beautifulthing Thank you Shelly, the oldest one we own was published 1780 and I will get in a photo soon
@honeybees Thank you rebecca, I find books interesting
@paulavdmerwe Thank you Paula, I wanted more than just the books
@scooter Thank you Scooter, the books have several prints within them
@new2this Thank you Ann, it was easier when I was in school :)
@pwallis Thank you Paula, you should - they make interesting photos
Interesting that the history is different!
@angieqs Thank you Angie, more of a different point of view
History is reinterpretted all the time, I expect you were in school at the beginning of the cold war, knowing what we now know about America the history in school might have been a tad for individual heroes, business success, the post civil war industrialisation of the north, the gold rush...? i.e. things which didn't involve collective, community success which might have appeared to go along with a soviet ideal. Maybe the defeat of Germany was less celebrated when you were at school than it would have been 30 years before, since America tried to be very pro-Germany after World War two and start rebuilding to avoid the situation after world war one. I'd be interested to hear the difference.