{"product_id":"the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins-9780691159591","title":"The Story of America: Essays on Origins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom celebrated writer Jill Lepore, a literary and political history of American origin stories \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Story of America\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard historian and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart civics primer, part cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of America\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWay to Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Paine's \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \"Booklist\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691159591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Jill Lepore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36640131121308,"sku":"9780691159591","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_97e03ef1-8fa3-4b8e-8d09-76e0d4855686.jpg?v=1603851462","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins-9780691159591","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}