Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson: The First Three Presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson - Hardcover

Vidal, Gore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300101716 ISBN 13: 9780300101713

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and an acute observer of American life and history, turns his literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In "Inventing a Nation", Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls and the salons of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and others. We come to know these men, their opinions of each other, their worries about money and their concerns about creating a viable democracy.

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Review:

'Vidal's wit occasionally comes across as facetiousness in his brilliant study of Washington, Adams and Jefferson, [the Republic's] founding fathers.' -- The Times, August 28 2004

‘by turns enchanting, persuasive, vexing...No admirer of Vidal’s would wish to miss this sparkling historical excursion' -- Ferdinand Mount, Sunday Times, 16 November 2003

About the Author:

Gore Vidal, novelist, essayist, and playwright, is one of America's great men of letters. Among his many books are United States: Essays 1951-1991 (winner of the National Book Award), Burr: A Novel, Lincoln, and the recent Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0300101716
• ISBN 13: 9780300101713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198