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Summary: Homeschoolers, beware the bias.
Review: Although this book is recommended by some homeschooling programs as a history text, I found it to be unacceptable because of its extreme anti-Catholic bias, reminiscent of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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Summary: History for Homeschooling
Review: Despite what others may have said about this book's qualities regarding homeschooling it remains one of THE best books on the foundation of American culture. The author attempted and succeeded to remain unbiased when writing upon matters of religion (i.e. Roman Catholic Church vs. Protestant Church). However, the obvious wrong done by the Roman Catholic Church during the Roman Inquisition (not just the Spanish) is made quite clear. Yet the author does not leave the Protestant church without some blame, for they did promote violence, wars, and some measure of persecution. The book does accomplish its goal by making the reader understand what liberty is and what it has cost. No homeschooling Christian (or otherwise) child should be without this book.
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Summary: History for Homeschooling
Review: Despite what others may have said about this book's qualities regarding homeschooling it remains one of THE best books on the foundation of American culture. The author attempted and succeeded to remain unbiased when writing upon matters of religion (i.e. Roman Catholic Church vs. Protestant Church). However, the obvious wrong done by the Roman Catholic Church during the Roman Inquisition (not just the Spanish) is made quite clear. Yet the author does not leave the Protestant church without some blame, for they did promote violence, wars, and some measure of persecution. The book does accomplish its goal by making the reader understand what liberty is and what it has cost. No homeschooling Christian (or otherwise) child should be without this book.
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Summary: The Story of Liberty
Review: I read this for pleasure, not for home schooling. It was outstanding! A fast and easy read, easily relating together the events over the past 700 years. Cofing clearly illustrates the slow struggle of the human race towards freedom ... tieing events together in a literary time-line. With such a clear conception of the tyrrants of the past, one can't help but draw parallels with contemporary tyrrants. I wish I had read this when I was in school. I am recommending it to all of my friends.
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Summary: The Story of Liberty
Review: I read this for pleasure, not for home schooling. It was outstanding! A fast and easy read, easily relating together the events over the past 700 years. Cofing clearly illustrates the slow struggle of the human race towards freedom ... tieing events together in a literary time-line. With such a clear conception of the tyrrants of the past, one can't help but draw parallels with contemporary tyrrants. I wish I had read this when I was in school. I am recommending it to all of my friends.
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Summary: PreAmerican History Read!
Review: Students must read this before they study American history....
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Summary: NOT a history book!!
Review: This book should be placed in the historical fiction section. It is NOT a history book! The author was so skewed and biased that it was laughable. I would not recommend that this book be used for any serious history class. His portrayal of the Roman Catholic Church was very biased as he narrated his own perspective on history. It was hard to take him very seriously because of his own personal prejudices. Homeschoolers beware!
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Summary: This is a Great History Book!
Review: This is the best book about History that I've ever read. Though teaching facts like a normal History book does, this book is written as a story. It starts with the Magna Charta and goes through history until the Pilgrims. There is a great section on the reformation. The book is easy to read, and very intriguing. It has great drawings to help emphasize and illustrate main points. Both children and adults will enjoy and learn about History from this book.
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Summary: This is a Great History Book!
Review: This is the best book about History that I've ever read. Though teaching facts like a normal History book does, this book is written as a story. It starts with the Magna Charta and goes through history until the Pilgrims. There is a great section on the reformation. The book is easy to read, and very intriguing. It has great drawings to help emphasize and illustrate main points. Both children and adults will enjoy and learn about History from this book.
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Summary: A great page-turner of a history book!
Review: While the perspective in this book seems decidedly Protestant, Coffin's focus is on the progress of men out of the stifling opression of freedom in the dark ages (esp.by the Catholic Church)to the freedom we may take for granted today. He tells the stories of various people who were willing to give up everything for the principle of freedom of thought. On the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre- "Catherine hastens to Charles' chamber once more. He is sitting in a chair, moody, angry, silent. He has acquiesced in the plan until now; but as the hour for its consummation approaches, is irresolute. It will be so mean to have the old admiral, and others who hace confided in his word, assassinated. Poor weakling that he is, there is still left a little of his better nature. The education that he has received from his mother - that the end always justifies the means - the school of falsehood in which he has been taught, has not quite obliterated all sense of what is right and honorable." This book reads like a novel, not a history book. It is such a page turner that my children wore out one copy and have begun on another!
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