Henry Adams and the Making of America

Garry Wills

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Beschreibung

467 p. 8vo. Signed by author at title page. Publisher's 1/4 black cloth hardcover, burgundy paper covered boards, semi-gloss/matte color illustrated dust jacket. Measures: 1.5 W x 6.25 D x 9.25 H inches. About the work and author: An eye-opening profile of the greatest historian of the nineteenth century assesses the seminal role and influence of Henry Adams on the study of history, discussing his use of archival sources, firsthand reportage, eyewitness accounts, and other techniques that transformed historical study and created a paradoxical view of American history that still informs modern-day policy. 60,000 first printing. Garry Wills is an author and historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In 1993, he won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, which describes the background and effect of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. CONDITION NOTES: Near fine; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. gently bumped spine crown/heel, dust jacket edge effected by minor sporadic wear at extremities), strong square spine/tight binding, bright text pages. A nice clean and crisp copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002822

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Henry Adams and the Making of America

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin

Erscheinungsdatum: 2005

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition