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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
Unscholarly Rant: In this poor excuse for a work of scholarship, Vidal spends his time (and ours) entertaining personal assumptions (see Publishers Weekly review), viewpoints, and pet themes. Why, in the middle of a purported historical work on the [... more]
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Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, ...
From Amazon.com: Setting the World Ablaze is the story of the three men who, perhaps more than any others, helped bring the United States into being: George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Weaving their three life stories into one narrative, [... more]
CDN$23.95
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
Unscholarly Rant: In this poor excuse for a work of scholarship, Vidal spends his time (and ours) entertaining personal assumptions (see Publishers Weekly review), viewpoints, and pet themes. Why, in the middle of a purported historical work on the [... more]
CDN$22.07
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Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of ...
Author: Darren Staloff Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 973 EAN: 9780809053568 ISBN: 080905356X Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: 2007-02-08 [... more]
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A People's History of the American Revolution: How ...
ok but not the greatest: Raphael's goal is an admirable one, and his topic is of great importance to any study of the American Revolution. Indeed, the "common people" (including women, slaves, and Indians) are too often overlooked in histories [... more]
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On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the ...
From Amazon.com: "In one key respect, the way the story of the United States has been told for the past one hundred years is wrong," writes Michael Novak. "To read most philosophers and historians of the American polity today is to learn [... more]
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON, American
From Amazon.com: The man on the $10 bill is probably the most overlooked Founding Father. This book--not a names-and-dates biography, but an appreciation and assessment in the tradition of Plutarch--should help change that. Richard Brookhiser is an [... more]
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The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution
terrible book: Just an example of this book's accuracy: a picture of the battle of Bunker Hill shows cavalry as well as uniformed Continentals. Nice maps...somewhat inaccurate history: I have been looking for a book like this for some time and I was [... more]
CDN$90.30
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Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, ...
Falls short of a convincing condemnation: In this book, Harry Truman is not the common man who makes good, but rather a small town politician who was unable to rise to the demands of high office. The narrow and petty viewpoint espoused by Truman and [... more]
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