If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
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Book Overview
#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America. In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin what the founders had given the American people. "A republic," he shot back, "if you can keep it." More than two centuries later, Metaxas examines what that means and how we are doing on that score. If You Can Keep It is at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness--including our role as a "nation of nations"--and a chilling reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we embrace our own crucial role in living out what the founders entrusted to us. Metaxas explains that America is not a nation bounded by ethnic identity or geography, but rather by a radical and unprecedented idea, based on liberty and freedom for all. He cautions us that it's nearly past time we reconnect to that idea, or we may lose the very foundation of what made us exceptional in the first place.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1101979992
ISBN13:9781101979990
Release Date:June 2017
Publisher:Penguin Books
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent Book For This Time
Published by Phyllis Shepherd , 5 years ago
I liked this book because it told some American stories along with why it is so important to see what we have. There are many history books, but this took a different angle which I loved.
A Must Read for Voting Americans
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 7 years ago
In an era where American History and Civics is no longer a requirement for high school graduation, voters have become ignorant of the rich thought that went into the formation of our national documents. For instance, few people today know that a free country requires a virtuous people, their virtue taught by their religion, and made possible by the freedom to practice that religion. When Eric Metaxas, a Yale graduate, learned this, he felt compelled to let other Americans know it as well.
Metaxas writes in a style that is easily comprehended and enjoyable. All who want to know that their children will be handed a country that has the freedoms we were enjoying for the past two centuries must read this book.
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