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100	1		_aVidal, Gore, 1925-
245	1	0	_aInventing a nation _b: Washington, Adams, Jefferson _c/ Gore Vidal
260			_aNew Haven _b: Yale University Press _c, c2003.
300			_a198 p. _c; 22 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
520	3		_a"Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers of American life and history, turns his immense 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, Adams, Jefferson, and other key figures who helped found the American Republic. Vidal's splendid and percipient prose animates key moments of decision in the birthing of our nation, and we come to know these men in ways we have not until now - their opinions of each other, their worries about money, their concerns about creating a viable democracy. Vidal brings them to life and illuminates the force and weight of the documents they wrote, the speeches they gave, and the institutions of government they fashioned. Above all, Inventing a Nation presents a powerful, compassionate, immensely moving portrait of George Washington, whose resolution, integrity, and intelligence rescued the fledgling Republic many times in its early days."--BOOK JACKET
600	1	0	_aWashington, George _d(, 1732-1799)
600	1	0	_aAdams, John, 1735-1826
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
650		0	_aStatesman _x-United States _z-Biography
651			_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-1775-1783
651			_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-1783-1809
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