Through portraits of four figures—Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster—Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations.
- ISBN10 0393952002
- ISBN13 9780393952001
- Publish Date 10 November 1982
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Edition College Edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 274
- Language English