9780061684296
The American Future: A History
Simon Schama
ISBN 13: 9780061684296
Publisher: Harperaudio
Publication Date: 2009
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A Columbia professor and cultural essayist's historical assessment of the landmark U.S. 2008 presidential election also evaluates current issues facing the nation and how the election may enable a reclamation of American ideals. By the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of
Review:
"[A] book of mixed genre--history, memoir and journalism--and none the worse for that...[T]he prose can be compelling, restless with harrying adjectives and approachable colloquialisms....Schama is on of the most gifted of prose stylists...."
Michael O'Brien, New York Times Book Review, 12/19/2008
Review:"[Schama's] specialty is finding interesting midlevel characters from the buried mounds of history and telling their stories."
David Brooks, New York Times Book Review, 05/24/2009
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