The Great American Adventure is a mural painting created by Victor Horvath in 1976. It was formulated into a media history of US-America on September 17, 2001. The book was published upon request April, 2003 by Thorton Publishing. The Great American Adventure spawned Adventur-Cation which is a patent pending education method used to teach children and adults the history of US-America. It is the belief of the book's author that US-America is, at its center, a great country, but too many individuals lack knowledge of US-America's past.
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