The American Experience: The Collected Essays of J.H. Plumb - Hardcover

Plumb, J. H.

9780820311180: The American Experience: The Collected Essays of J.H. Plumb

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ISBN 10: 0820311189 ISBN 13: 9780820311180

Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1989

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Essays discuss the American Revolution, slavery, and the Kennedy and Nixon administrations.

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From Publishers Weekly:

In the second volume of his collected essays, eminent British historian Sir John Plumb brings together book reviews and other articles on America and Americans written for the New York Times , New York Review of Books and other magazines with other already published work. Arranged in three roughly chronological sections, these 41 essays range in topic from the journal of Christopher Columbus to a discussion of drug addiction, the American Revolution, Watergate, biographical studies of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington, reflections on public relations man Ben Sonnenberg, problems of slavery, the satisfaction of dining with Daniel Moynihan at Gage & Tollner's restaurant in Brooklyn Heights. Plumb notes that his years in America were the busiest and happiest of his life, and his infectious enthusiasm about this country will delight readers.
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The second installment in a series by the professor emeritus of modern history at Cambridge University. LJ reviewed volume 1, The Making of An Historian: The Collected Essays . . . in the 3/1/89 issue.-- MR
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