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I'm more and more convinced, Scott, that the place we really have to begin reforming education in government and history is as soon in the process as possible.

This is your host, Scott Bertram.

And that's Dr. Wilfred McLeigh,

Victor Davis-Hansson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College.

He's also the author of Land of Hope,

which is now available in a young reader's edition.

Dr. McLean, thanks for joining us.

Scott, it's great to be back.

Excited to talk to you today about a really neat thing that's happened.

Your great book, Land of Hope, has been transformed into a young readers edition,

a two-part young readers edition of Land of Hope.

Where do the idea come from to make it for these young readers, and how did you change it, adjust it for a younger audience?

Well, yes, thank you. Thank you for having me back to talk about this. It is exciting.

It's really in response to popular demand.

I mean, we had, Land of Hope is really designed for, I thought of it as being written.

My third target, you know, you have an ideal reader in your mind often when you write things.

And I was thinking of someone taking advanced placement U.S. history exam in their

senior year of high school, or maybe a, maybe a freshman sophomore in college, advanced high school

students and more junior college students.

Well, for whatever reason, it's enjoyed a lot of success with older people,

who many of whom come to it, partly because I have, I think, a more balanced view of American history than most anything else out there coming out of the historical profession.

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