By: Gerald Loeffers

Hello everyone! Today is a tale of a book and a forgotten presentation. Glenn Beck’s new book was released on Nov. 19th. I picked up my copy on the 22nd and finished it on the 25th. That’s how good this history book is and it is totally engrossing. You are thrown into the middle of these forgotten or uncovered stories of history without the dry, boring date memorization or the dry, boring witless presentation. You will see history through the main character’s point of view and experiences. You will even experience their inner most thoughts. Now, parts of these stories concerning these histories were dramatized with literary license thrown in. This was required in order to present the story form as needed.

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These stories cover American history from 1781 to 2001. Amazing research and thought was put into this book in order to make it a thriller novel and still present a history of America without taking away the truth or the lessons learned. What fun! What I didn’t know until too late, was that the article I wrote on THE BATTLE OF ATHENS was included in the book already. But Glenn did the story more justice than my small little article ever could. The biggest surprise was the EASY EDDIE story. Wow! Who knew about that background story? Then there’s the sad part of our history that needs to be told and the disservice that was done to the true heroes and people of America through the auspices of the government and their own failings and missteps.

We also now know why some histories are covered up and/or forgotten about. We all know that both history and information are power and liberation. These are the basic things that governments throughout the ages have tried to control and hold over many of the people throughout history. For instance, in the BATTLE OF ATHENS, the government in its current form would have to be fearful of it happening again and repeating itself. They don’t want you to find out that 20 soldiers got medals of honor for killing unarmed Indians at Wounded Knee and no one said anything in protest against that action. The disservice the media and the FDR White House pulled off with IVA TOGURI, who was known as one of the six TOKYO ROSES, and the destruction of her life and reputation, was one of the most disgusting chapters of the 1940s.

Yes, I highly recommend MIRACLES AND MASSACRES to anyone and everyone, whether you are a Glenn Beck fan or not. I don’t care… I am a proud subscriber to THE BLAZE. This book would be a great asset to any high school history class or for any family reading time. Or even, GULP! a home schooling history course. Buy it as a Christmas gift or buy them for a school donation. You will be glad you did.