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Author:

Lepore, Jill, 1966-

Title:

The story of America : essays on origins / Jill Lepore.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 416 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Sources.--Sources.
United States--Sources.--Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Here he lyes -- A pilgrim passed I -- The way to wealth -- The age of Paine -- We the parchment -- I.O.U. -- A nue merrykin dikshunary -- His Highness -- Man of the people -- Pickwick in America -- The humbug -- President Tom's Cabin -- Pride of the prairie -- Longfellow's ride -- Rock, paper, scissors -- Objection -- Chan the man -- The uprooted -- Rap sheet -- To wit.

Summary:

Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories -- from John Smith's 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.

ISBN:

069115399X (acid-free paper)
9780691153995 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2012016854

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)