A model history book!!!

Best book I ever listened to! Thats exactly how we should write history. With regard to God and calling to repentance... Excellent book.

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Lost and Found

This audio recording of Peter Marshal and David Manuel's "The Light and the Glory" retells the true history of America and its Christian heritage through the choices made by the men and women who formed it. It is a work of astonishing depth and clarity and meaning which should not be overlooked.

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Clears Up A Lot of Pre-Colonial History

The book does an excellent job of presenting little known facts about who the original settlers were, how many different groups (and types) attempted to make a life in N America, and the timeline of events that links their successes & failures here. Some of them were treasure-hunters, some were looking for an easy way to make a new start (lazy and condescending), and some (the Pilgrims) were just interested in a new life without religious persecution. Not every group who came here was interested in cohabitation with the Indians, but some were. The book also details many differences between the tribes in America- some were obviously friendly, and there were quite a few who were predatory to everybody (including other Indians).

The book goes into some great detail about the miraculous events that resulted in the United States becoming a country.

Great read that connects the very real religious affiliations of the country into being. If you're either truly neutral, or of a Judeo-Christian background, this is very worthwhile.

Something I'd like to mention unrelated to the book, is the American Indian issue of displacement- there were more tribes and languages (over 1000) here than different peoples in Europe, and yet we think of all of them as "The Indians". We also think of CA, as former Mexican territory, stolen by the US. But the 'real Mexicans' were Aztecs who did not speak Spanish, and were wiped out by the Spaniards, so the whole issue of who was wronged is heavily dependent on who & when are we talking about? It doesn't excuse the 'sins' of those involved, but everybody's guilty if you go back far enough.

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Enlightening!!

The great history of God's Covenant with America from Columbus through Washington's Presidency. A well researched and well written book, should be required reading for all citizens and high school seniiors in this country. The narrator was only average but articulate and is not a hinderance. The book spends a long time on discovery and the early settlements, telling stories unfortunately not often told. A must read for all Christians. Would make a great Sunday School series. Please do not let my verbal inadequacies hinder your purchase, as I believe the authors to have been inspired by the Lord. A story that needs to be known and shared, more now than ever. Learn, enjoy and share what you discover.

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Excellent book on early America History.

This book on the early American History is a must. Did God have a plan for America? Read or listen to this book and make the decision yourself.

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Every American Citizen should read this book!

This was an excellent book that taught me a lot of things that I didn't know as well as brought me on an adventure of how the country was founded and also encouraged me of the ability and possibility of us as a people to go back to principles as we did so many times in this country's history of putting God first and restoring the country that he wanted us to have.

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Where does The Light and the Glory rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the best I've listened to. It gave me a new respect for the Pilgrims and the Puritans

What other book might you compare The Light and the Glory to and why?

A Patriot's History of the United States. The Light and the Glory was listed in the bibliography.

Have you listened to any of Raymond Todd’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The faith of our fathers.

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Incredible book

Where does The Light and the Glory rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one of the best books I've listened to. It is not only enjoyable, but extremely enlightening about our nation's history.

Any additional comments?

I give this book my highest possible recommendation. I hope that audible releases the other two books of this series in unabridged form as well.

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An excellent volume

This is a revealing look at American history and how God orchestrated the founding of this country. It tells stories not often told in school or other history books. I heartily recommend this book.

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Outstanding resource for Christian Americana

This was an excellent book which in my opinion should be taught as a history lesson in schools. It reaffirms with great zeal what our country was founded upon, Christianity. The words as written and recorded by our forefathers tell all about there utmost belief in our savior Jesus Christ. Not to mention there view of why America was founded in the first place, you'll have to read the book to find out.
The narrator took me a little while to tune into his repitoire but once done he was easy to listen to. Would have been nice for a Guidall or the like to have read it. All in all I highly recommend it.

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