Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson by Vidal, Gore

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

"Trust Gore Vidal to teach us things we never learned in school. In Inventing a Nation, his...
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Author: Gore Vidal
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson by Vidal, Gore

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

€33,41

Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

€33,41
Author: Gore Vidal
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"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.

Author: Gore Vidal
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 08/11/2004
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780300105926


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/03/2004 pg. 34

About the Author

Gore Vidal, novelist, essayist, and playwright, was one of America's great men of letters. His many books include United States: Essays 1951-1991 (winner of the National Book Award), Burr: A Novel, and Lincoln.




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