The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation // FIRST EDITION //

Stuart, Nancy Rubin

ISBN 10: 0807055166 / ISBN 13: 9780807055168

Published by Beacon Press, 2008

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FIRST Edition AND FIRST Printing, with publishers full number line in place. A FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Clean, no markings. A wonderful 'study' of 18th century woman and politics. Mercy Warren was an American activist poet, playwright and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. Illustrated with a few b/w portraits. Notes section and Bibliography at rear. MINT in all ways. 314 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation // FIRST EDITION //
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807055166
• ISBN 13: 9780807055168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Nancy Rubin Stuart is an award-winning author, journalist and writer-producer who specializes in women and social history. Her previous books includeThe Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post, and Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen. In connection with her work she has appeared on several national television series and on NPR's "Morning Edition." Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and many national magazines. She currently serves as one of the directors of the Women Writing Women's Lives Seminar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. While researching Mercy Otis Warren, she received a 2005 William Randolph Hearst Fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.