American History Quotes
The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1
American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.
Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.156, Simon and Schuster
I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr
To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land.
William Least Heat Moon (1991). “Blue Highways: A Journey Into America”, Mariner Books