Description
Author: Dos Passos John
Format: Hardback
Imprint: Antiquarian Books
ISBN: A1995
This non-fiction effort is the first of several inquiries into American colonial and early national thoughtwith a focus on Jeffersonian democracy. Disillusioned by European political authoritarianismunder the guises of socialism, communism, and fascismDos Passos finds comfort and wisdom in the American democratic tradition in its earliest iterations. The Ground We Stand On profiles several influential early Americans: Thomas Jefferson, Joel Barlow, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, and Hugh Henry Brackenridge.
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