The Story of America: Essays on Origins

by Jill Lepore

Book Overview

From celebrated writer Jill Lepore, a literary and political history of American origin stories

In The Story of America, 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. Over the centuries, Americans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069115399X
• ISBN13: 9780691153995
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.5"