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Author:
Bobb, David J., 1974-
Title:
Humility : an unlikely biography of America's greatest virtue / David J. Bobb.
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson Books/ An imprint of Thomas Nelson,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xi, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
United States--Biography.
Humility--Case studies.
Humility--History.--United States--History.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 211) index.
Contents:
Part I. Early Life -- Benjamin Franklin's Dilemma -- Jesus and Socrates -- The City of the Humble and the City of the Proud -- Part II. Trials and Temptations -- George Washington -- James Madison -- Abigail Adams -- Abraham Lincoln -- Frederick Douglass -- Part III. An Age of Arrogance -- The Fragile Brilliance of Glass -- A Moral Taxonomy.
ISBN:
1595555692
9781595555694
OCLC:
(OCoLC)858610486
LCCN:
2013022617
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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