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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
by Ellis, Joseph J
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 030726369X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263698
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf/Random House, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Remainder dot on lower edge. .Black quarter-cloth with gilt titles, burgundy boards, very clean and comptely unmarked, binding tight, solid and square, red and black end bands. Internals as new. A masterly examination of the founding years of America, during the last quarter of the 18th century. xi + 283 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Alfred A Knopf/Random House, New York.
Synopsis
Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers . His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx , won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen, and their youngest son, Alex.
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- 025831
- Title
- American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
- Author
- Ellis, Joseph J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 030726369X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263698
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES HISTORY, REVOLUTION, 1775-1783 STATESMEN1 18TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT CONSTUTUTIONAL CONVENTION PHILADELPHIA THOMAS JEFFERSON INDIANS FEDERALISTS ALEXANDER HAMILTON JOHN ADAMS US CONSTITUTION GREAT BRITAIN
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- History. American;
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- 0 oz
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