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This is not a history of America but rather an assessment of how history has been told by historians, literary figures, profit- and vote-seeking biographers, and other writers. In 20 essays previously published in The New Yorker, Lepore (history, Harvard Univ.; The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death) makes the case that American history has always been closely bound up with literature. The essays concern some varied American works motivated by nationalism, ego, politics, fin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More