p living in ignorance of what really went on. His main purpose, his main objective, was to inform. To teach the uneducated people what they need to know. But did he accomplish these objectives?In a word, yes. The whole time I was reading I was learning interesting new facts and hearing mind boggling new theories that really made me think. I looked past the falsehood of the lessons that I have been taught in middle school and grade school and found a whole new world of interesting information. I can now say that I know at least part of what really went on in the early years of American history, and the public opinions of those events, and the whole time I was learning, the quirky humor and wonderful way it was written kept me entertained.Short, informative chapters (44 to be exact) with just enough humor was the highlight of the way this book was written. It never seemed to get old as some longer winded books seem to do. Every chapter was filled with useful facts that were interesting and fun to read. The vocabulary wasn’t too difficult to understand, even for the not so mentally gifted, however there were a few words that might give people trouble such as decontextualism and innocuous. Other than that, I found the book very well written, and very enjoyable.I truly think that if I enjoyed this book, anyone can. I’m not really big on reading about history, in fact I strongly dislike it. However, I felt as if I could really relate to this book, and as a result I couldn’t stop turning the pages. It took me one short week to read two hundred and twenty-two pages of historical information. Though maybe not for the grade school children, and middle school through high school social studies teacher that is looking for a book that their students will actually read and enjoy, this is it. Plus, it challenges the way that you think, so I believe that it would be a great book for older people and even teachers who wa...
