"An extraordinary opportunity to relive America's past"
"President George W. Bush

"Liberty and justice for all is both our legacy and our destination. It's not the wishful thinking of textbook writers or governmental dissemblers. It"s not corny; it's not maudlin. It is a special, unique, marvelous American gift to humanity. It's a fairness doctrine. In George Washington"s words, it is worthy of imitation."
"Joy Hakim, from Freedom: A History of US

"Joy Hakim's wonderful books on American history are as accessible and stimulating to adult readers as they are to middleschool and highschool students. Freedom: A History of US is all the more important during these difficult times when the concept of freedom faces new and dangerous challenges."
"James McPherson, George Henry Davis 1986 Professor of History at Princeton University and the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom

"In Freedom: A History of US the past has the immediacy of the present. Written in a clear, conversational style, this history of the United States brings the events and people of the past to life through its straightforward language; magazinelike layout, including sidebars and insets; invigorating use of period quotations; profiles of individuals great and small; and numerous, well captioned illustrations. Most importantly, Freedom is defined in the broadest possible terms so that we all see ourselves in US."
"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chair of Afro-American Studies and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University

"Best of all is Joy Hakim's way with the story. Never dull, never the least plodding, she brings refreshing spirit and common sense to the telling of every episode."
"David McCullough, author of John Adams, on Hakim's A History of US

"Joy Hakim knows how to weave a good yarn out of a multitude of scholarly threads. She makes it look easy to write history carefully and precisely without plodding, being bland, implying that we know all we'd like to know or understand it all. This is a powerful story, well told, and, as anybody who reads carefully can see, she cares about both people and the truth."
"Roger Kennedy, former Director of the National Park Service and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History