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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)
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Being retired and with a particular interest in this period of US history (for reasons disclosed below), I possessed both adequate time and motivation to undertake the reading of this voluminous work, hoping that it wouldn't bog down into a pedantic recitation by page 200. Far beyond my most optimistic expectations, it turned out to be a real "page tur... »
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Alexander Hamilton
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Building on biographies by Richard Brookhiser and Willard Sterne Randall, Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton provides what may be the most comprehensive modern examination of the often overlooked Founding Father. From the start, Chernow argues that Hamilton’s premature death at age 49 left his record to be reinterpreted and... »
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Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community
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Few people outside certain scholarly circles had heard the name Robert D. Putnam before 1995. But then this self-described "obscure academic" hit a nerve with a journal article called "Bowling Alone." Suddenly he found himself invited to Camp David, his picture in People magazine, and his thesis at the center of a raging debate. In a nutshell, h... »
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Campaigning for President
When I read about this book in the New York Times and saw pictures of a few of the items, I couldn't wait to get the book. It is astounding that one perso... »
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Faith of My Fathers
Books by politicians are not often worth reading, but John McCain's Faith of My Fathers is an astonishing exception to the rule. The Republican sen... »
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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
When I ordered this book I was thinking of updating my knowledge of one of that group of men we usually think of as our "forefathers"--the ones who were... »
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