This Newbery Honor book examines three hundred years of American history, from Columbus to 1787, when a group of state delegates met to see how they could strengthen the government.

This is the second book of three in the History for Peter series by Gerald White Johnson, written especially to Peter van den Honert.

America Is Born and America Grows Up told the story of our country from its early beginnings to World War I. This final volume, which deals with the crucial period from 1917 to the present, brilliantly concludes Mr. Johnson's distinguished history of America.