A Magnificent book which reinterprets every aspect of American history. Readable and provocative and written with Paul Johnson`s customary vigorous, direct and colourful style. A History of the Americanpeople charts the sweep and drama of America`s history through it`s politics and economics, it`s art and literature and science, it`s society and manners and, not least, it`s complex religious beliefs. From Walter Raleigh to Bill Clinton, Paul Johnson casts an admiring but not uncritical eye over events and personalities through the past 400 years.