Here are just some of the fascinating facts, ideas, and opinions you will discover when you read Land That I Love.

• There are five possible ways America was named.
• Brendan the Navigator came to this land long before Leif Eriksson and his crew.
• The Viking settlers called what we call the Carolinas, "White Man Land", because of the Duhare.
• Baseball began in England and was played by a girl.
• Acres have nothing to do with how long horses or oxen take to plow a field.
• The greatest invention isn’t the wheel, but it enabled humans to populate the world.
• An Irishman sailed with Christopher Columbus in 1492.
• America’s Name Day is November 5th.

1. You will learn the five possible ways and the four likely languages that gave us the word “America.”
   Yes, five ways and four languages!
   We all know that Matthias Ringman named this land for Amerigo Vespucci. But there is so much more to it than that.
   The word America was written down years before Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic.
   Martin Waldseemüller put the word America on the map he drew, then he took it off three years later, and he often referred to this land as the fourth continent, not America.
   The word America on Waldseemüller’s map was far to the south of this country, but we still refer to it as America’s Birth Certificate.
   So what about the four other ways America could have been named?
   
   
2. Brendan the Navigator, an Irishman, came to America before Bjarni Herjolfsson saw the coast and before Leif the Lucky, and Tyrkir, Leif’s German foster-father, came to Vinland.
   
   
3. The Vikings called parts of this land Markland, Helluland, and Vinland.
   Leif’s brother, Thorvald, was buried at Krossaness.
   
   
4. The Viking settlers called the land to the south of Vinland for the pale-skinned Duhare tribe, who herded deer.
   A pale-skinned tribe?
   They obviously weren’t Choctaw or Creek. So, who were they?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
5. We often hear someone say, “Tell it to the Marines.” How did that start, and what does it have to do with the Englishman for whom New York City and New York’s state capital are named?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
6. Baseball is America’s game, but it started in England. And it was played by a girl.
   So, what does General Doubleday have to do with it?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
7. America still uses poles, chains, furlongs, and acres, unlike most other countries. Acres have nothing to do with horses plowing a field. Land That I Love explains how acres got started.
   Why are there 43,560 square feet in an acre when there used to be 36,000?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
8. We have 12 inches in a foot. Was it Eleanor of Castile who came up with that idea? And if so, why?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
9. The greatest invention of all time isn’t the wheel. It was much simpler.
   It led to worldwide migration.
   And to the division of labor.
   So, what was it?
   Let’s find out.
   
   
10. George Washington’s grandparents met at Pendley Manor in a small English town.
    It is now a hotel. Imagine taking a vacation in the same building where George Washington’s grandparents met!
    His earliest known ancestor was Scottish.
    What does the name Washington mean?
    And why is there that extra ‘l’ Lincoln?
    Let’s find out.
    
    
11. The first guy who took tobacco to the Old World was not Sir Walter Raleigh; it was Rodrigo de Jerez. He sailed with Columbus. He wasn’t thanked for introducing tobacco to Spain; he was put in jail. Why did they do that?
    Let’s find out.
    
    
12. Where did Columbus meet the Irishman who sailed with him in 1492 when he crossed the ocean blue?
    Let’s find out.
    
    
13. So much of what makes America great, what we call American Exceptionalism, can be linked to the Theorem of Pythagoras.
    Seriously?
    Yes!
    Yet most people don’t think learning the theorem matters.
    Well, it does.
    How can it help students grow into exceptional Americans?
    Let’s find out.
    
    
14. Let’s go back to Amerigo Vespucci.
    If we do accept that his name gave us the word America, then it only makes sense that the 5th of November should be as important as the 4th of July.
    If November 5th is this important, why isn't it a national holiday?
    Let’s find out.

Hopefully, you are fascinated by at least some of these 14 topics.
Please keep reading!​

The word America perfectly sums up two of the most powerful attitudes and actions that led to American exceptionalism.

Yes, those seven letters that make up the name of our country enable us to trace the word back to its origins.

When you look at its origins, you find two powerful meanings.

Those meanings sum up the American spirit, of which we are all so proud.

American exceptionalism really is summed up in the name of our country.
No other country on this planet can say that!

These young students you meet in Land That I Love, take the three actions historians use to explore America’s real past.

Herodotus, the Father of History, laid them down more than 2000 years ago.
They are powerful.
We should be using them all the time, especially if we want our students to enjoy history lessons and to become exceptional Americans.

They are so powerful that these students see their own futures as never before.
And their futures are exceptional.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone who reads Land that I Love sees their own future or those of their children or students like that?
​Especially if they are American!​

Psychology ain’t just for psychologists!

When teachers and homeschool parents use simple psychology in simple ways, their lessons become fun and exciting.
The lessons become more powerful learning experiences, and the students grow as people.

Every teacher and every home-school parent is on a mission.

Tried and true teaching methods based on people like Kolb, Montessori, and Steiner add enjoyment to lessons, are easy to implement, and help students to learn more and to understand more.
When they do that, students can see their own futures more clearly.

In Land That I Love, Evelyn Jones, the teacher, weaves those methods simply and invisibly into how she teaches.
Her students don’t know she does that; they just know they love to learn, they love history, and they grow as people.

By reading Land That I Love, you will see just how easy it is to make great use of these techniques.

What are they?
Fascinating, Fun, Exciting, Exceptional, and Powerful!

Those five words sum up Land That I Love’s content and style.

Being interesting is fine, but American history is so much more than just interesting.
That is especially true when it is taught, researched, studied, and shared the way it is in this book.

Studying American history, the way these students study it, impacts their lives.
They understand their country’s past, and they see their own futures.

Students of real American history become exceptional Americans.

That is one of the main reasons for buying this book.

When students become true historians, they follow a wonderful path of learning, understanding, and decision-making.
Students who learn not just facts and opinions, but who learn how to explore, assess, and decide lay a powerful foundation for their own futures.
Land That I Love is a book about America's past.
​
And it is a book about America’s future!

Land That I Love is not just about American history, it is also about American history; it is also about:

1. Making history interesting and fun for adults, kids, teachers, and especially for people who just didn’t like history when they were at school.
2. Avoiding lots of dates.
3. Showing that by putting history study into practice, it can change lives.
4. Linking American history to American Exceptionalism.
5. Showing that real history enables and encourages students to see their own futures as exceptional.
6. Using American history to inspire young minds.
7. Using American history to help students see themselves in a new light.
8. Making you laugh, cry, and be amazed.
9. Making history personal and alive, not academic and dry.
10. Busting some myths.
11. Showing how history is full of mysteries, coincidences, hidden truths, and great ideas.
12. Linking a love of history to powerful teaching practices that teachers and especially homeschool parents can use simply and easily.
13. Showing how history is so much more than facts to be memorized.
14. Encouraging our younger readers to want to become, and know how to become, exceptional Americans.

So please get your copy. It’s available as an e-book and in paperback from every major book retailer.
Since most books are sold by Amazon, you may find these direct links convenient.
The e-book is only $6.99 to buy.
The paperback Is $17.76 (I mean, how else do you price a book on American history?)

If you would like the author’s signature added to the book, along with any personal message, please email the details to [email protected] along with your mailing address.

Tony will handwrite your message on a gift note and mail it to you.
We pay postage to anywhere in the world.
I hope that sounds like a nice gift.

Many thanks!

• You get another four things from reading Land That I Love.
• You see 9 Ways Land That I Love delivers those results.
• You meet and get to know the students who rewrite American history.
• You see how it links American history and effective teaching.
• And 14 reasons to buy.

What you get also depends, to some extent, on who you are:

• Are you interested in American history?
• Are you a middle school or junior high student?
• Are you a teacher?
• Are you a homeschool parent?

 
Another 4 Things You Get

1. Everyone will get a whole new view of America.
   Some of the things you read are astounding, some are interesting, and some are amusing.
   As one reader commented:
   “This is an incredible book about the history of the United States.”
   
   
2. Students will relate to the characters in Land That I Love who do the research and present their findings.
   As you read, you will see yourself in a new light and, all being well, you will see your future in the same powerful way that Emily, Mike, and the others do.
   Another reader said:
   “This book will make my children exceptional.”
   
   
3. Teachers and homeschool parents will enjoy the way Evelyn and her students work.
   You will get ideas and see techniques and strategies that maximize how students learn, understand, and retain the coursework.
   To quote another reader:
   “It’s not just a history book, it’s a great way to teach.” 
   And another said:
   “Every teacher should read this book.”
   
   
4. You will see how the study techniques open the door and help students to set out on the road to becoming exceptional.
   
   

As we all know, American Exceptionalism begins with exceptional Americans!

The 9 Ways Land That I Love Delivers Those Results

It delivers in nine ways:

1. It makes everything personal.
   Many history books are heavily focused on just the subject matter or the teaching and learning processes.
   
   Land That I Love is different.
   It is set in a school classroom, the town library, and in students’ homes.
   So it’s personal, fun, and powerful.
   
   
2. American history, how the students study it, and the teaching methods Evelyn Jones uses are built into the storyline and become part of the lives and personalities of the characters.
   
   
3. Evelyn Jones is the class teacher, and like all teachers, Evelyn is on a mission.
   You see her deliver on it every day.
   
   Every teacher is on a mission, and Land That I Love shows how Evelyn’s mission is an integral part of her history lessons.
   
   
4. Jayne Brent is the town librarian; the queen bee in her hive.
   She is there to help and support everyone who walks through the door (and to make sure the library rules are followed).
   
   
5. Jayne and Evelyn work together to help the students and to make sure the class project succeeds.
   
   
6. Each student’s personality comes across in the work they do, their friendships, and their approach to the class project.
   The simple and enjoyable result is that American history comes alive.
   
   
7. The project Evelyn sets is for her students to discover something new about American history and to present their findings to their classmates.
   
   Their interests, personalities, capabilities, and how they deliver their findings all go to making American history real, engrossing, and powerful.
   
   
8. The underlying purpose is for Evelyn’s students to:
   Become real historians,
   To understand the past, and by doing so,
   To see their own powerful futures.
   
   If American exceptionalism relies on exceptional Americans, then Evelyn’s mission really is about her students’ futures.
   
   
9. And to put it all in a nutshell:
   “Plantin’ feathers ain’t no way to grow chickens.”
   Evelyn doesn’t plant feathers, Jayne doesn’t, and neither do her students.

 
Meet the Students Who Rewrite American History

Emily and Marie are serious about understanding the details of real American history, presenting it to their classmates, and setting the standard for others to follow.
Emily decides that if one of her conclusions is not taken up by the government, then when she is older, she should run for office to make sure it happens.

Aaron, the class clown, doesn’t just present the results of his research about Billy the Kid; he makes a performance out of it.
As Evelyn said, “Whilever they pay to see comedians, you will always have work.”

Paul, Aaron’s shy sidekick, uses Evelyn’s coaching to feel more normal when he presents his findings. And to tell his first joke!
He then decides that his future is to be a teacher.

Jeremy explains how baseball began in England, was played by a girl in a Jane Austen novel, and was then developed by a New York fire engine volunteer.
So where does General Doubleday come into it?

Lashawn’s presentation is only about tobacco and potatoes, but she blows the lid off the subject. She then wonders how she might educate the English, who probably don’t know the true facts about how tobacco and potatoes made it to the Old World.
They had nothing to do with Sir Walter Raleigh.

Patrick, the new kid in class, impresses everyone, including his teacher, by rewriting a most important chapter of American history.
He explains who was the first European to discover this land. It wasn’t Bjarni Herjolfsson or Leif Eriksson.
He also knows who first coined the term, The United States of America, because it wasn’t Thomas Jefferson.

Teneesha realizes she has a lot in common with Mark Twain, and that Tell it to the Marines goes all the way back to the man for whom the city of New York and New York’s state capital were named.

Pete’s gramps sets him off on a journey of discovery about land measurement that means every encyclopedia in every school and every library will have to be rewritten.

John, Shirley, and others explain so much about how England and America are so tightly joined together.

Mike, the class mathlete, not only amazes everyone when he sets them all a math test (and earns a dollar from his teacher), but he also uses his presentation to prove that American exceptionalism links directly to the right triangle.
Seriously?
A triangle?
Yes!

There is a real and important reason we all learn the Theorem of Pythagoras, and Mike explains how to use it in everyday life.
It’s just that modern-day math lessons ignore that part.
Perhaps they shouldn’t.

And, most importantly, Mike links it all back to their teacher’s mission.

The students’ family members get involved in their projects.
They help because, as Evelyn says, “Not all history is in history books.”


Land That I Love Links American History and Effective Teaching

Land That I Love shows you how effective teaching methods really do uplift students.

To quote another reader:
“As a retired principal and teacher, I wish I could have read this book while I was still working.”

You see how Evelyn’s mission links directly to how she teaches.

1. When you see Evelyn’s teaching methods in action, you see how easy, simple, clear, obvious, and powerful they are.
   You also see how easy they are to put into practice.
   
   If you are a homeschool parent who has not had formal training on how to help students learn, then you will see how easy it is to do what Evelyn does and, hopefully, how to get the same results.
   
   
2. Land That I Love links American history to:
   Effective teaching
   Student needs
   Their individual interests, and, most of all, to
   How they see their futures.
   
   
3. Land That I Love is full of knowledge, ideas, humor, thoughtfulness, friendliness, caring, and ambition; the ambition to become exceptional.
   
   
4. Land That I Love encourages new teachers and homeschool parents to think about how they can launch their students into the stratosphere of learning and understanding.
   
   
5. Land That I Love helps students imagine how great their lives can be.
   
   

In short, Land That I Love raises the bar on American history and on effective teaching. American exceptionalism begins with exceptional Americans!

14 Reasons to Buy Land That I Love

Land That I Love is not just about American history; it is also about:

1. Making history interesting and fun for adults, kids, and teachers.
   (Especially for people who “Just didn’t like history.”)
2. Avoiding lots of dates.
3. Showing that by putting history study into practice, it can change lives.
4. Linking American history to American Exceptionalism.
5. Showing that real history enables and encourages students to see their own futures as exceptional.
6. Using American history to inspire young minds.
7. Using American history to help students see themselves in a new light.
8. Making you laugh, cry, and be amazed.
9. Making history personal and alive, not academic and dry.
10. Busting some myths.
11. Showing how history is full of mysteries, coincidences, hidden truths, and great ideas.
12. Linking a love of history to powerful teaching practices that anyone can use: teachers and especially homeschool parents.
13. Showing how real history is so much more than facts to be memorized.
14. Encouraging our younger readers to want to become, and know how to become, exceptional Americans.
    
    

So please get your copy.
It’s available as an e-book and in paperback from every major book retailer.
Since most books are sold by Amazon, you may find these direct links convenient.
The e-book Is only $6.99 to buy.

The paperback Is $17.76 (I mean, how else do you price a book on American history?)

Small Bonus Gift

If you would like the author’s signature along with any personal message you want added, please email the details to [email protected] along with your mailing address.
The author will handwrite your message on a gift note and mail it to you.

We pay postage to anywhere in the world.

We hope that sounds like a nice gift.

Many thanks!