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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson
November 20, 2003
Gore Vidal writer, historian
Christopher Lydon former radio host, The Connection

In his latest book, Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Gore Vidal takes readers behind the scenes as America's founding fathers fought and worked to create a new country. Among Vidal's revelations: Benjamin Franklin believed the Constitution was flawed and predicted it eventually would fail, and that the Revolution was kept alive only by the force of Washington's personality and "the cleverness of our diplomats" (including Franklin, Jefferson and Adams) in convincing France to come to America's aid.

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Author: Gore Vidal
Publisher: Yale University Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 223 pages
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