The Story of America: Essays on Origins

The Story of America: Essays on Origins

by JillLepore (Author)

Synopsis

Offers an 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. Part civics primer, part cultural history, this title excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I O U and the dictionary.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 428
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 27 Oct 2013

ISBN 10: 0691159599
ISBN 13: 9780691159591