The Great Republic: A History of America

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Winston Churchill
Modern Library, 2001 - 454 sivua
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Sir Winston Churchill's The Great Republic consists in large part of a magnificent narrative history of America, culled by his grandson and namesake from the Nobel Prize-winning, four-volume A History of the English Speaking People. Historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill has added his grandfather's noteworthy speeches and essays on twentieth-century America, so that The Great Republic stands as the definitive state-ment of Churchill's thoughts on the history of the country he so admired and fondly called the "Great Republic." Arguably as gifted a historian as he was a statesman, only Sir Winston Churchill could have written a book that captures America's history, destiny, and character with such brilliance.

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You may know your American history quite well, but if you haven’t heard the story told in the elevated phraseology of Sir Winston Churchill, you are truly missing out. He doesn’t pull any punches ... Lue koko arvostelu

The great republic: a history of America

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It is well known that British wartime leader Winston Churchill was half-American through his mother and that he wrote widely and sympathetically on U.S. history, food, and social customs. Few readers ... Lue koko arvostelu

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Tietoja kirjailijasta (2001)

"In this absorbing volume . . . the greatest Englishman of the twentieth century paints with surpassing elegance his portrait of American history and American character. This is a good book to read-and a book to savor."
--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

"This excellent volume gives the gist of all Winston Churchill's writings and observations about American history. It is a wonderful read for Americans, and tells them a great deal about their country, which many of them do not know and ought to know."
--Paul Johnson, author ofA History of the American People

"A fresh and vigorous account of the development of the United States . . . Sir Winston writes with wit and verve and a capacious understanding of politics and governance. . . .The Great Republicconcisely demonstrates what an exceptional writer Winston Churchill was."
--Bookpage

"[The Great Republic] bespeaks not only the author's formidable skills as a historian but also his abiding fondness for-some might say his intimate connection to-the United States. . . . His articles and speeches convey the fullest sense of Winston Churchill's indomitable spirit. . . . In his writing, as in his statesmanship, he was a giant whose height allowed him to see much, much farther than most-even across oceans."
--Forbes FYI

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