The Story of America: Essays on Origins
- ISBN-10
- 0691159599
- ISBN-13
- 9780691159591
- Series
- The Story of America
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-27
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Jill Lepore
Description
A New Yorker staff writer examines the origins of dozens of writings, speeches and other printed pieces from American history--from paper ballots and I.O.U.s to the Constitution and Thomas Paine's Common Sense to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address.
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- 2019-03-21
- 764 pages
- Paperback
- Wentworth Press
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