History of the United States (US History)

"e;What I then saw and heard of contemporary America so fascinated me that-believing as I do that the key to every people is in its past-I could not rest until I had mastered all that I could of the history of my delightful hosts. This I sought as much as possible from the original sources, reading voraciously, and at the time merely for my pleasure, such records as I could get of old debates and ...