Globe Fearon American History: Prehistory through Reconstruction, Vol. 1 - Hardcover Book

It isn't the fault of this book. I've just read all this before- depths of European mourning of the past, the freezing of the present, the absurdities that go along with ancient cultures. I only got to the first two chapters and I didn't feel that I needed to go any farther. The first chapter was a straightforward metaphor with one or two grotesque images and nothing surprised me in the second.

Just read Gormenghast instead. You'll get the same message, less nationally specific, and with even more grotesquely fascinating imagery to go along with it.