Interesting, but......

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	• After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture Joseph J. Ellis W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Interesting, but......

This book was published in 1979, so Mr. Ellis doesn't have the same writing style as he does in "His Excellency" and "American Sphinx." If you can get past the tortuous Preface (or better yet, skip it) and the two boring and uninteresting introductory chapters, the four individual chapters highlighting Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Wiliam Dunlap and Noah Webster are very interesting. In reading these four mini-biographies, I have plans to read "Modern Chivalry" by Brackenridge and the works of Charles Brockden Brown, a close friend of Dunlap's.

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Through portraits of four figures - Charles Wilson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap and Noah Webster - this text provides a perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both it's high expectations and it's frustrations. Each life is fascinating in its own right and each is used to illuminate the historical context.