The Great Rehearsal: The Story of the Making and Ratifying of the Constitution of the United StatesViking Press, 1948 - 338 sider "Limited to three hundred eighty copies signed by the author ... Number 377." "Sources and acknowledgments": pages 321-322. |
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... American Revolution American Scriptures AUTOBIOGRAPHY Three Worlds BIOGRAPHY Benjamin Franklin • Swift · Thomas Love Peacock James Branch Cabell Sinclair Lewis FICTION Other Provinces The Ninth Wave LITERARY HISTORY AND CRITICISM ...
... American Revolution American Scriptures AUTOBIOGRAPHY Three Worlds BIOGRAPHY Benjamin Franklin • Swift · Thomas Love Peacock James Branch Cabell Sinclair Lewis FICTION Other Provinces The Ninth Wave LITERARY HISTORY AND CRITICISM ...
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... American life — or American life rooted so deeply in it — that the drama of its origins is often overlooked . Even historical novelists , who hunt everywhere for memorable events to celebrate , have hardly touched the event without ...
... American life — or American life rooted so deeply in it — that the drama of its origins is often overlooked . Even historical novelists , who hunt everywhere for memorable events to celebrate , have hardly touched the event without ...
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... American war . The American war is over : but this is far from being the case with the American revolution . On the contrary , nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed . It remains yet to establish and perfect our new ...
... American war . The American war is over : but this is far from being the case with the American revolution . On the contrary , nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed . It remains yet to establish and perfect our new ...
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