My American Heritage: Our Nation Under Attack from Within

Some books tell the story of a person's life.

Others ask what that life has taught them.

My American Heritage does both.

When Peter Snyder survived a life-threatening heart event at age seventy-five, he reached a simple but sobering conclusion: if he still had time left, there was something he needed to say.

Looking back over decades of life growing up in both the American North and South, coming of age during the cultural upheaval of the 1960s, raising a family, teaching fourth-grade boys in Sunday school for thirty-four years, flying hang gliders above New England mountains and the Cumberland Plateau, sailing inland lakes and coastal waters, and serving in ministry he began to notice a pattern that stretched far beyond his own story.

The greatest forces shaping our lives are often ones we cannot see.
As he explored his family's history, including ancestors who fought on opposite sides of the Civil War, Snyder became convinced that many of the struggles facing America today are not simply political or economic. They are the result of something much deeper: a gradual loss of spiritual inheritance, historical memory, and the truths that once passed naturally from one generation to the next.
Rather than offer quick answers, My American Heritage invites readers to consider difficult questions.

• What happens when a society forgets where it came from?
• How do choices of one generation shape those that follow?
• Can families, communities, and even nations find their way back when the foundations have eroded?

Part memoir, part historical reflection, and part spiritual exploration, this book is about family, faith, responsibility, freedom, and the unseen influences that quietly shape individual lives and entire cultures.

Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, Snyder encourages readers to think carefully about the legacy we have inherited — and the one we will leave behind.

If you enjoy memoirs that lead naturally into conversations about history, faith, culture, and personal responsibility, My American Heritage offers far more than one man's life story. It’s an invitation to reflect on your own.