“One man with courage makes a majority.” - Andrew Jackson

These are the stories today’s American youth need to read. They need to hear such stories of unwavering courage, patriotism, and devotion. The United States of America is but a shameful shadow of the nation men like Andrew Jackson fought so hard to build and preserve. This story—and the others told by Kilmeade and Yaeger—is perhaps more relevant and critical today than ever before.

”General Jackson and his multiethnic, multigenerational army made up of people from every American social class and occupation had come together to do what Napoleon had failed to do: destroy the finest fighting force in the world.”

This story has a little of everything, and the cast of characters is stunning: Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, even pirates for goodness sake! Kids should be reading these accounts so they don’t believe the revisionist drivel they’re fed in the public forum. They will enjoy the thrilling and often harrowing sense of adventure and growth that pervaded the early days of American history. I, for my part, hope that such well-researched and powerfully written accounts will help instill in my kids a love for their country and what it is meant to be. Yes, I understand that there were also negative aspects. When taken in context, we can see that ours is a nation led by great and courageous heroes who were also flawed humans like the rest of us. But we used to be a nation that learned from our mistakes and let them unite us to grow and become the best we could be. Our current state has us on a perilous precipice on which I won’t expound here, but I pray for a return to our historic greatness (no, that’s not a MAGA reference).

I love this book and highly recommend it!