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Description edit
Explores problems of community and the search for a national identity. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize.
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Characters/People edit
- Thomas Jefferson: Add a description of this character.
- John Adams
- Weems
- Davy Crockett
- Patrick Henry
- James Otis
- Ogden
- Bancroft
- Wirt
- Shaw
- George Washington
- Monroe
- John Marshall
- Lewis
- Clark
- Gilpin
- Daniel Webster
- Plummer
- Andrew Jackson
- Calhoun
- Joseph Smith
- Larimer
- Rogers
- Henry Clay
- Van Horn
- Franklin
- Wyeth
- Carey
- Drake
- Wooster
- Sparks
- Gregg
- Turner
- Fink
- Ashley
- Whitney
- Pritchard
- John Quincy Adams
- James Madison
- Willard
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- New England
- North America
- New York
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Europe
- Chicago
- Mississippi
- Philadelphia
- Boston
- California
- London
- Ohio
- Missouri
- South Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- France
- Cincinnati
- Montana
- Kansas City
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Illinois
- Colorado
- St. Louis
- Iowa
- Connecticut
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Maryland
- Charleston
- Texas
- Nebraska
- Tennessee
- Great Britain
- Wisconsin
- Pacific
- Africa
- Spain
- Utah
- Minnesota
First Sentence edit
THE SEA WAS a path direct from Old to New England, from Babylon to Zion.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in The Americans. (standard series)
Preceded by The Colonial Experience, and followed by The Democratic Experience.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Daniel J. Boorstin (Author)
Awards edit
- Francis Parkman Prize (1966)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States
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