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In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker personnel copy writer Jill Lepore investigates American origins reports - from John Smith's bank account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - showing how American democracy is destined up with the history of print. Over the centuries, Us citizens have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type. Part civics primer, part social history, The Story of America excavates the origins of from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I.O.U. and the dictionary. Along the way it presents fresh readings of Benjamin Franklin's Way to Prosperity, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as histories of lesser-known genres, including biographies of presidents, novels of immigrants, and accounts of the Depressive disorder. From past to provide, Lepore argues, Us citizens have wrestled with the thought of democracy by telling stories. In this thoughtful and provocative e book, Lepore offers at once a brief history of origin reports and a yoga on storytelling itself.
