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(0)Garry Wills
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One of our greatest historians offers a surprising new view of the greatest historian of the nineteenth century, Henry Adams.
Wills showcases Henry Adams's little-known but seminal study of the early United States and elicits from it fresh insights on the paradoxes that roil America to this day. Adams drew on his own southern fixation, his extensive foreign travel, his political service in Lincoln's White House, and much more to invent the study...
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American presidents series) volume 4
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Chronciles the life and political career of James Madison and examines the factors which lead to his ineffectiveness as president, despite his successful pre- and post-war careers.