Name: A History of the American People, Paperback/Paul Johnson
Brand: Harper Perennial
Price: 114.99 RON
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-The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures, - begins Paul Johnson's remarkable new American history. -No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind.- Johnson's history is a reinterpretation of American history from the first settlements to the Clinton administration. It covers every aspect of U.S. history--politics; business and economics; art, literature and science; society and customs; complex traditions and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character. Wherever possible, letters, diaries, and recorded conversations are used to ensure a sense of actuality. -The book has new and often trenchant things to say about every aspect and period of America's past, - says Johnson, -and I do not seek, as some historians do, to conceal my opinions.- Johnson's history presents John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Cotton Mather, Franklin, Tom Paine, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison from a fresh perspective. It emphasizes the role of religion in American history and how early America was linked to England's history and culture and includes incisive portraits of Andrew Jackson, Chief Justice Marshall, Clay, Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis. Johnson shows how Grover Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt ushered in the age of big business a