Books and the Founding Fathers by George H Nash

Books and the Founding Fathers by George H Nash

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Spiced with anecdotes, this title examines how books, libraries, and a rigorous classical education molded the minds and lives of America's Founding Fathers. It also shows how their devotion to liberty was nourished and refined by their lifelong encounter with the world of books, including the foundational texts of Western civilization.

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Books and the Founding Fathers by George H Nash

In this volume spiced with anecdotes and enhanced by primary-source documents, George H. Nash examines how books, libraries, and a rigorous classical education molded the minds and lives of America's Founding Fathers. More than any other group of political leaders in our history, the statesmen who led and preserved the American Revolution were men of learning as well as men of power. Nash shows how their devotion to liberty was nourished and refined by their lifelong encounter with the world of books, including the foundational texts of Western civilization.
George H. Nash graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College and received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. A historian and author of several books, including a multivolume biography of Herbert Hoover and The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 (ISI Books, see page 18), he writes and lectures frequently about American conservatism.
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ISBN 13 9781884532917
ISBN 10 1884532918
Title Books and the Founding Fathers
Author George H Nash
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Butler Book Publishing
Year published 2008-11-30
Number of pages 63
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.