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Title: Henry Adams and the Making of America.
Author: Garry Wills.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.
Origin: New York, NY, USA.
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Title: Henry Adams and the Making of America.
Author: Garry Wills.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.
Origin: New York, NY, USA.
Publication date: 2005.
Edition/printing: First edition/first printing.
Description: 467 p. 8vo. Signed by author at title page. Publisher's 1/4 black cloth hardcover, burgundy paper covered boards, semi-gloss/matte color illustrated dust jacket.
Measures: 1.5 W x 6.25 D x 9.25 H inches.
About the work and author: An eye-opening profile of the greatest historian of the nineteenth century assesses the seminal role and influence of Henry Adams on the study of history, discussing his use of archival sources, firsthand reportage, eyewitness accounts, and other techniques that transformed historical study and created a paradoxical view of American history that still informs modern-day policy. 60,000 first printing.
Garry Wills is an author and historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In 1993, he won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, which describes the background and effect of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
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- Dimensions
- 1.5ʺW × 6.25ʺD × 9.25ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Period
- 2000 - 2009
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Textile
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Burgundy
- Condition Notes
- Near fine; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. gently bumped spine crown/heel, dust jacket edge effected by minor … moreNear fine; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. gently bumped spine crown/heel, dust jacket edge effected by minor sporadic wear at extremities), strong square spine/tight binding, bright text pages. A nice clean and crisp copy. less
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