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These Truths

A History of the United States

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These Truths

Yazan: Jill Lepore
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In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. The American experiment rests on three ideas - "these truths", Jefferson called them - political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, "[O]n a dedication to inquiry, fearless and unflinching", writes Jill Lepore in a groundbreaking investigation into the American past that places truth itself at the center of the nation's history.

In riveting prose, These Truths tells the story of America, beginning in 1492, to ask whether the course of events has proven the nation's founding truths or belied them.

"A nation born in contradiction, liberty in a land of slavery, sovereignty in a land of conquest, will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history", Lepore writes, finding meaning in those very contradictions as she weaves American history into a majestic tapestry of faith and hope, of peril and prosperity, of technological progress and moral anguish.

A spellbinding chronicle filled with arresting sketches of Americans from John Winthrop and Frederick Douglass to Pauli Murray and Phyllis Schlafly, These Truths offers an authoritative new history of a great, and greatly troubled, nation.

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I found this to be a compelling listen. Narrated by the author with many intonations when the pitch was raised to a higher level for emphasis and used to great effect. There are many fascinating aspects to this history of the USA. I found it to be a riveting commentary at times, with explanations and interpretations clearly expressed. It is truly awesome to be able to produce such a scholarly and erudite piece of work and I enjoyed it immensely.

A formidable work expertly crafted by Jill Lepore

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The narrator takes a dramatic approach which means at times she speaks in a barely audible whisper and at other times is shouting in your ears. This made much of it basically unlistenable when out and about in places with background nosie (i.e. anywhere that wasn't a quite room)

Comprehensive overview of US political history. Very well researched and constructed.

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I loved this book, but friendly advice Jil Lapore should not have read it. Her voice is highly uninspiring and that what makes this book at times very mundane even so she did touched on many fundamentally important issues here.

Most important aspects of US history covered here

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As the title suggests, These Truths tells the history of an American idea, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and elaborated in the Constitution. These truths, Lepore reports, have been contestable and contested from the very beginning. In this sense, history ever repeats itself. Some readers will accuse Lepore’s telling of “liberalism”, but others will point out that she doesn’t say enough about Native American history after the early years. I think she’s at her best closet to the present, which is no mean feat, given our usual inability to be astute about what’s right before us. Her contrasting of liberal and conservative pieties in the 20th century is especially thought-provoking. On performance, Lepore is not a professional voice actor: however, her reading reminds us how valuable it is to understand the cadence of the text as intended.

American political history: 15th century to 2016

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This tour of American history is comprehensive and well paced. She explores not only the lives of leaders but also African Americans and women throughout.

well paced

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