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  • Inventing a Nation

  • Washington, Adams, Jefferson
  • By: Gore Vidal
  • Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
  • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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By: Gore Vidal
Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
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Summary

Gore Vidal, winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, is one of the great figures in American writing. Now through Vidal's extraordinary literary talents, the three men most responsible for the shaping of America come to life as never before.

Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does. Vidal's consummate skill takes you into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.

Inventing a Nation is a remarkably vivid portrait of three American icons, men whose revolutionary ideas had a profound and lasting impact on the nation they helped create.
©2003 Gore Vidal (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC
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Critic reviews

"This entertaining and enlightening reappraisal of the founders is a must for buffs of American civilization and its discontents." ( Booklist)
"An unblinking view of our national heroes by one who cherishes them, warts and all." ( New York Review of Books)

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