The story of America : essays on origins / Jill Lepore.
图书 | Princeton University Press | 2012

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载体形态
viii, 416 pages ; 23 cm
书目
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-398) and index.
内容
Here he lyes -- A pilgrim passed I -- The way to wealth -- The age of Paine -- We the parchment -- I.O.U. -- A nue merrykin dikshunary -- His highness -- Man of the people -- Pickwick in America -- The humbug -- President Tom's cabin -- Pride of the prairie -- Longfellow's ride -- Rock, paper, scissors -- Objection -- Chn the man -- the uprooted -- Rap sheet -- To wit.
摘要
Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories -- from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address -- to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print.
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WNDSR--This book is the gift of the Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotary in honor of Alan L. Popp.
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国际标准书号
9780691153995 alkaline paper $27.95
069115399X alkaline paper
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