By Gore Vidal - Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson: Paperback

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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Country of Origin
United States
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
MPN
Does not apply
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Young Adults
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
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Brand
Unbranded
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ISBN
9780300105926
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300105924
ISBN-13
9780300105926
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30876487

Product Key Features

Book Title
Inventing a Nation : Washington, Adams, Jefferson
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Presidents & Heads of State, Political
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Gore Vidal
Book Series
Icons of America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Width
6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-015612
Reviews
Selected as an outstanding book by University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries "Persuasive and very readable."--John Lukacs "Washington's steady presence and regal confidence more than compensated for his poor performance in the field against British generals, themselves every bit as striking in their mediocrity as he.", "[Vidal offers] details that enliven and . . . reflections on the past that point sharply to today." --Richard Eder,New York Times, "Pure Vidal. . . . Inventing a Nation is his edgy tribute to the way we were before the fall."-- Los Angeles Times Book Review, "[Vidal offers] details that enliven and . . . reflections on the past that point sharply to today." --Richard Eder, New York Times, "Pure Vidal. . . .Inventing a Nation ishis edgy tribute to the way we were before the fall."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.4/092/2
Synopsis
Gore Vidal's uniquely irreverent take on America's founding fathers will enliven all future discussion of the enduring power of their nation-building ideas, Gore Vidal's uniquely irreverent take on America's founding fathers will enliven all future discussion of the enduring power of their nation-building ideas Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers of American life and history, turns his immense literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. In Inventing a Nation, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls, and the salons of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and others. We come to know these men, through Vidal's splendid and percipient prose, in ways we have not up to now--their opinions of each other, their worries about money, their concerns about creating a viable democracy. Vidal brings them to life at the key moments of decision in the birthing of our nation. He also illuminates the force and weight of the documents they wrote, the speeches they delivered, and the institutions of government by which we still live. More than two centuries later, America is still largely governed by the ideas championed by this triumvirate., Gore Vidal's uniquely irreverent take on America's founding fathers will enliven all future discussion of the enduring power of their nation-building ideas "Trust Gore Vidal to teach us things we never learned in school. In Inventing a Nation, his quick wit flickers over the canonical tale of our republic's founding, turning it into a dark and deliciously nuanced comedy of men, manners, and ideas."--Amanda Heller, Boston Globe (Sunday) "Entertaining and enlightening. . . . A must for buffs of American civilization and its discontents."-- Booklist Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers of American life and history, turns his immense literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. In Inventing a Nation, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls, and the salons of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and others. We come to know these men, through Vidal's splendid and percipient prose, in ways we have not up to now--their opinions of each other, their worries about money, their concerns about creating a viable democracy. Vidal brings them to life at the key moments of decision in the birthing of our nation. He also illuminates the force and weight of the documents they wrote, the speeches they delivered, and the institutions of government by which we still live. More than two centuries later, America is still largely governed by the ideas championed by this triumvirate.
LC Classification Number
E302.1.V57 2004

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