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1689-1740
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David Humphrey's Life of Israel Putnam, originally published in 1804 and reproduced in a fine edition by Liberty Fund under the editorship of William C. Dowling, reminds us of the noble end and traditional method of biography. The first part of Humphrey's narrative focuses entirely on character traits in the young Putnam that foretell his later greatness. The latter half of the book illustrates the extent to which Humphreys' character shaped the destiny of a nation devoted to ordered liberty.
A word should be said here about the quality of the Liberty Fund edition. The cloth-bound version, with its high-quality illustrations, sewn bookmark, and easy-on-the-eyes print set on sturdy paper, would adorn anyone's bookshelf; at eighteen dollars, the Liberty Fund edition would be a good buy at double the price (a very good paper edition is available for ten dollars). The Liberty Fund edition also includes a couple of bonuses: a speech by Humphreys, "An Oration on the Political Situation of the United States of America in the Year 1789," and a letter from George Washington to Putnam, in regards the debt the newly created nation owes its first veterans.
Major-General Israel Putnam (1718-90) is best known today for an utterance he supposedly made during the battle of Bunker Hill, "don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes," but his fame ought to rest on a more substantial foundation-which is something Humphreys sought to create with his biographical account. Humphreys (1752-1818) served as Putnam's aide-de-camp during the American Revolution. Much of the material here comes from either Humphreys' own observations or from Putnam himself. . . .Humphreys' Life of Israel Putnam is thus an ambassador from another time, not only for the vivid picture it gives of the kinds of men who delivered to posterity the American republic but also because the book shows how biography ought to be written.
War, Literature & the Arts
2007
A word should be said here about the quality of the Liberty Fund edition. The cloth-bound version, with its high-quality illustrations, sewn bookmark, and easy-on-the-eyes print set on sturdy paper, would adorn anyone's bookshelf; at eighteen dollars, the Liberty Fund edition would be a good buy at double the price (a very good paper edition is available for ten dollars). The Liberty Fund edition also includes a couple of bonuses: a speech by Humphreys, "An Oration on the Political Situation of the United States of America in the Year 1789," and a letter from George Washington to Putnam, in regards the debt the newly created nation owes its first veterans.
Major-General Israel Putnam (1718-90) is best known today for an utterance he supposedly made during the battle of Bunker Hill, "don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes," but his fame ought to rest on a more substantial foundation-which is something Humphreys sought to create with his biographical account. Humphreys (1752-1818) served as Putnam's aide-de-camp during the American Revolution. Much of the material here comes from either Humphreys' own observations or from Putnam himself. . . .Humphreys' Life of Israel Putnam is thus an ambassador from another time, not only for the vivid picture it gives of the kinds of men who delivered to posterity the American republic but also because the book shows how biography ought to be written.
War, Literature & the Arts
2007
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- PublisherHardpress Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1290642869
- ISBN 13 9781290642866
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages290
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