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The national radio host and bestselling author of The American Miracle reveals the happy accidents, bizarre coincidences, and flat-out miracles that continue to shape Americas destiny. A hopeful message for our troubled times . . . Michael Medved has an eye for a story, and a preternatural gift for telling it in beguiling ways.--Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Founding Brothers Has God withdrawn his special blessing from the United States? Americans ponder that painful question in troubled times, as we did during the devastation of the Civil War and after the assassinations of the 60s, and as we do in our present polarization. Yet somehow--on battlefields, across western wilderness, and in raucous convention halls--astounding events have reliably advanced America, restoring faith in the Republics providential protection. In this provocative historical narrative, Michael Medved brings to life ten haunting tales that reveal this purposeful pattern, including: - A near-fatal carriage accident forces Lincolns secretary of state into a canvas-and-steel neck brace that protects him from a would-be assassins knife thrusts, allowing him two years later to acquire Alaska for the United States. - A sudden tidal wave of Russian Jewish immigration, beginning in 1881, coincides with Americas rise to world leadership, fulfilling a biblical promise that those blessing Abrahams children will themselves be blessed. - Campaigning for president, Theodore Roosevelt takes a bullet in the chest, but a folded speech in his jacket pocket slows its progress and saves his life. - At the Battle of Midway, U.S. planes get lost over empty ocean and then miraculously reconnect for five minutes of dive-bombing that wrecks Japans fleet, convincing even enemy commanders that higher powers intervened against them. - A behind-the-scenes conspiracy of the pure of heart by Democratic leaders forces a gravely ill FDR to replace his sitting vice president--an unstable Stalinist--with future White House great Harry Truman. These and other little-known stories build on themes of The American Miracle, Medveds bestseller about Americas remarkable rise. The confident heroes and stubborn misfits in these pages shared a common faith in a master plan, which continues to unfold in our time. Gods Hand on America confirms that the founders were right about Americas destiny to lead and enlighten the world.About author(s):Michael Medveds daily three-hour radio program, The Michael Medved Show, reaches more than 5 million listeners on more than 300 stations coast to coast. He is the author of 12 other books, including the bestsellers The 10 Big Lies About America, Hollywood vs. America, Hospital, and What Really Happened to the Class of 65? He is a member of USA Todays board of contributors, a former chief film critic of the New York Post and, for more than a decade, cohosted Sneak Previews, the weekly movie review show on PBS. An honors graduate of Yale with Departmental Honors in American History, Medved lives with his family in the Seattle area.
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