{"product_id":"the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins","title":"The Story of America: Essays on Origins","description":"From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jill Lepore, a history of American origin stories\n\nIn The Story of America, 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. Over the centuries, Americans have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type.\n\nPart civics primer, part cultural history, The Story of America excavates the origins of everything 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 Wealth, 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 Depression.\n\nFrom past to present, Lepore argues, Americans have wrestled with the idea of democracy by telling stories. In this thoughtful and provocative book, Lepore offers at once a history of origin stories and a meditation on storytelling itself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 069115399X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.069115399X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lepore, Jill\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41490273304634,"sku":"DBV.069115399X.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/069115399X-0.jpg?v=1782496828","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}