Publisher Description
Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and an acute observer of American life and history, turns his literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In “Inventing a Nation”, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls and the salons of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and others. We come to know these men, their opinions of each other, their worries about money and their concerns about creating a viable democracy.
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“I started reading this back in August and got through 3/4 of the book really easily. It was interesting and I loved all the snarky comments that were presented so dryly in the text. My only problem was that I come at this subject knowing almost nothing about American history, not being from the US. I feel that there were some things Vidal assumed the reader should know–not wrongly, since the majority of his audience would be aware of these things, but it made for some difficult reading on my end. This was ultimately what caused me to put the book aside for several months, and my lackluster drive to finish it finally.”
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Megan (4 out of 5 stars)
