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A History of the American People
or if you are a dirty commie
A People's History.
Honestly they are a yin and yang that do an amazing job of giving you US history in broad strokes.
Other than those Chernow on Washington or just this.
I started to make one a while back but didn't get too far. There are just too many great books to choose from.
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A History of the American People by Paul Johnson. Fascinating, wide-ranging book on the US by a Brit.
is this a right-wing version of it, or just a hackey rip-off?
Their pay isn't shit for such an important job. I don't know who told you that teachers make awesome money, but they don't. You don't understand the nuances of teachers and I have very little sympathy for the business sector. It's also not "cushy" job; you obviously are oblivious to itinerary planning that teachers do. You may only see the 7-4 daily hours that teachers work, but after doing planning, grading (my wife teaches English, so it's not just dropping a Scantron into a machine), teaching is closer to an 80 hour/week job. Try grading 150 essays a week. Not so cushy, especially when the kids aren't writing well. Along with pay for my wife being 36K/year while supporting two kids and myself in Masters, I still fail to see the "cushy" part of it. You do need to learn more about the real side of teaching: the stark statistics of retention of teachers alone is grim.
Since we're not going to agree and obviously not going to sway each other on this issue, I will also offer this is a perspective that is a "safer" conservative view that may be more within your opinion: http://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349. This was recommended by an aquaintence who has a PhD in history and is a college professor. The idea of a Brit writing a conservative history is a little ironic, but I didn't run away from this book, which I ended up using in a pre-Antebellum American report about the Revolutionary War from a conservative perspective.
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson is a great book that gives just enough depth in almost every aspect of US History that the average history enthusiast would need without spending too much time on any one topic, while also being written in an easily readable style more like literature than that of a traditional historical resource book.
http://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372690277&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+johnson+history+of+the+american+people
Paul Johnson, British, wrote "A History of the American People", which can be found here.
It's ambitious and interesting but not always convincing.
I agree with this. A great pair for general American history is A People's History of the United States and A History of the American People - the former will give you a liberal perspective and the latter a more conservative one.