Rooted in the word 'history' is 'story.' And America's story is exceptional. It's amazing. Younger students should learn that we have always been and continue to be a land of immigrants - a land committed to bold new ideas.
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'The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I couldn't think of how to tell it. Then twenty years after I started it, I found this one page and realized it was going to be the story. That's the only way you get it sometimes.
When I was a kid, I loved history because history to me was a big story.
The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
Yeah, I love history and I loved it as a kid.
History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.
My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl without a country. I have put down roots quite firmly by now, but in the process, I have discovered the joys of research and am probably hooked.
The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a more successful society. This narrative is so devoid of historical context that it should embarrass anyone beyond a second-grade education.