{"product_id":"the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins-paperback","title":"The Story of America: Essays on Origins - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Lepore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore, a history of American origin stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Story of America\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvard historian and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address--to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Over the centuries, Americans have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart civics primer, part cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of America\u003c\/i\u003e excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I.O.U. and the dictionary. Along the way it presents fresh readings of Benjamin Franklin's \u003ci\u003eWay to Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Paine's \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Raven\" by Edgar Allan Poe, and \"Paul Revere's Ride\" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as histories of lesser-known genres, including biographies of presidents, novels of immigrants, and accounts of the Depression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom past to present, Lepore argues, Americans have wrestled with the idea of democracy by telling stories. In this thoughtful and provocative book, Lepore offers at once a history of origin stories and a meditation on storytelling itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Lepore\u003c\/b\u003e is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, professor at Harvard Law School, and a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eWe the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution; These Truths: A History of the United States; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Whites of Their Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50531021291717,"sku":"9780691293714","price":29.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/V86TZfEPbz9780691293714.webp?v=1790232731","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-story-of-america-essays-on-origins-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}