About this title: Through portraits of four figures - Charles Wilson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap and Noah Webster - this text provides a perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both it's high expectations and it's frustrations. Each life is fascinating in its own right and each is used to illuminate the historical ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780393952001ISBN:0393952002
Description: Acceptable. Former Library Book and/or book has writing/highlighting * If you can deal with the writing/markings, this is a great deal! * read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York: London
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780393952001ISBN:0393952002
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1979 WWNorton soft cover. NOT EX LIB! Bright pages with some notes & underlining, spine is barely creased, some edgewear & light cover scuffing, covers starting to curl just a bit. 256 p. Glued binding. Index. Illustrations. read more
Description: Fine. 0393322335 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black dot on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 2002-03
ISBN-13:9780393322330ISBN:0393322335
Description: Like New. Never Owned Or Read! May Have Light Shelf Wear And Or Publisher Mark. NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! read more
Description: Like New. Norton, TPB, 1979, 2002 reissue edition. Appears never read, clean, tight binding, no markings or highlighting, minimal shelf wear. read more
Description: Very Good. Norton, 1979, 3rd PB printing. Very lightly used, solid binding, minor wear, a few light pencil underlines in the preface but no other markings in book. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780393952001ISBN:0393952002
Description: As New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. This book is in as new condition with very light edgewear to cover. An exploration of postrevolutionary America from the vantage point of an artist, a novelist, a dramatist and theater manager, and an educator who all lived through it. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780393322330ISBN:0393322335
Description: New. Through portraits of four figures-Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster-Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its fru... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1981-06
ISBN-13:9780393952001ISBN:0393952002
Description: New. Soft back book New with no jacket as issued * Unmarked*Ships in a padded water tight bubble bag* All merchandise is fully guaranteed* Buy from a professional company that cares about your satisfaction*G. read more
"This book is composed of vignettes about four American culture makers (authors, artists, dramatists, etc.) in the first generation after the Revolutionary War. Although the individuals profiled are generally not household names, the book includes a lot of information about early American culture, and explains why it took such a long time for the newly independent United States to develop an artistic tradition."
"Joseph Ellis is a wonderfully clear writing and writes primarily about the American REvolutionary period. This 1979 study of four colonial artists--painter, playright, novelist and wordsmith (?Noah Webster)--is a wonderful look at colonial life. It makes it clear that America was a whole new invention, not a new Europe or a new anything else. It is simply itself and is still becoming that."
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