American Legacy: American History 1492 to 1877

President Harry S. Truman once said, The only thing new in the world is the history we don’t know . Volume I of American Legacy chronicles American history of discovery and exploration; the landing of Columbus in 1492 to President Grant’s tenure as President in 1877. The reader enters a period in American history that explores colonial life and America’s manifest destiny, revolution, Civil War and the search for new frontiers and territories to claim. American Legacy is about people and events in history that defined the legacy of those who envisioned a new republic and devoted their life to the foundation of democracy and a period of discovery. It Chronicles the sacrifices and hardships of the men and women who maintained the principals without selfish indulgence or personal gain. The reader will understand the direction we came and the direction were going and exposes the historical myths often taught.