a dramatic new retelling of our nation's history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the United States of America
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an essential primer for anyone interested in American history and its profoundly multicultural nature
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an important alternate viewpoint to the traditional history we learned in school