Sketches of Our Heritage

Sketches of Our Heritage will make you think about the people and the price they paid to establish The United States of America. In 60 chapters author Jerry M. Young has condensed vital historic elements into a clear and understandable view of the development of our country. Spanning the timeframe from 1000 AD, when the first European is recorded to have sighted North America; to December 15, 1791 when the Bill of Rights was ratified by the required three-fourths of the states approving, Sketches traces the issues that had to be overcome early on. Some of them have become precursors of the problems we face today. All of them contribute to the strength of a new form of government and economic system established by brilliant statesmen back then. They fought against tyranny and in the end discovered freedom. Young leaves us with the question: "What will be the Sketch of Your Heritage, your family will tell about you?