America Collection

A special 4th of July collection commemorating the history and ideals of the United States of America. We offer a rich assortment of historical documents and classic works, ranging from the 18th to mid-20th century. Featured are two works by popular historian Philip Schaff—America: A Sketch of the Political, Social, and Religious Character of the United States of America, and Church and State in the United States (also available for purchase separately). We have given special attention to the Constitution of the United States and the Founding Fathers, but we also include a wide range of material in terms of history, biography, essays, poetry, and more! These works explore the philosophy and ideals which resulted the United States' formation and founding documents, including the role and influence of Christianity in America. A section is devoted to Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery, which you may find especially rewarding if you wish to become more familiar with that are of American history.

Contents of this Collection:

• America: A Sketch of the Political, Social, and Religious Character of the United States of America, by Philip Schaff
• Church and State in the United States, by Philip Schaff
• A History of American Christianity, by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
• Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville (2 vols.)
• The Spirit of American Government, by J. Allen Smith
• Famous American Statesmen, by Sarah K. Bolton
• American Leaders and Heroes, by Wilbur F. Gordy
• Poems of American Patriotism, ed. by Brander Matthews
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
  Also:
• The Nature of the American System, by Rousas John Rushdoony
• This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History

THE CONSTITUTION AND FOUNDING FATHERS

• The Constitution of the United States of America
• History of the Constitution of the United States, by George Ticknor Curtis (2 vols.)
• Essays on the Constitution of the United States, ed. by Paul Leicester Ford
• The Fathers of the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Establishment of the Union, by Max Farrand
• Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, by L. Carroll Judson
• Revolutionary Heroes, and Other Historical Papers, by James Parton
• Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence
• Washington and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Federalism, by Henry Jones Ford
• The Federalist Papers (by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, & James Madison)
• A Book of Gems: Selections from the Writings of Benjamin Franklin
• Memoirs (Autobiography) of Bejamin Franklin

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

• Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States, by Charles Godfrey Leland
• The Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Ward H. Lamon
• Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
• My Bondage and My Freedom: Writings by Frederick Douglass
• The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

ESSAYS

• The Oxford Book of American Essays, ed. by Brander Matthews
• What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
• Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The American Spirit in the Writings of Americans of Foreign Birth, ed. by Robert E. Stauffer
• American Notes, by Charles Dickens
• What I Saw in America, by G. K. Chesterton
• An Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea, by Winston Churchill

As a special BONUS, we also include The Presidents' Bible / Military Bible—two sets of supplements (to the New Tyndale Version [NTV]) produced for use by Military Chaplains and published by James F. Linzey, president of the Military Bible Association and managing editor of the NTV.

Except for the Presidents' / Military Bible, you will find all of the titles in this collection in the "Books" menu under "America Collection: Essays and Documents":