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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Paw Prints
Publication date
June 26, 2008
Binding
Prebinding
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781439500743
ISBN-10
1439500746
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.78 lbs.
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$24.00
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Summaries and Reviews
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The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year.
------Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, returns to a flamboyant America after his long, self-imposed European exile. The narrator of Burr has come home to recoup a lost fortune by arranging a suitable marriage for his beautiful daughter, the widowed Princess d'Agrigente, and by ingratiating himself with Samuel Tilden, the favored presidential candidate in the centennial year. With these ambitions and with their own abundant charms, Schuyler and his daughter soon find themselves at the centers of American social and political power at a time when the fading ideals of the young republic were being replaced by the excitement of empire.
------"A glorious piece of writing," said Jimmy Breslin in Harper's. "Vidal can take history and make it powerful and astonishing." Time concurred: "Vidal has no peers at breathing movement and laughter into the historical past."
------With a new Introduction by the author.
The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year.
------Charles Schermerhorn Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, returns to a flamboyant America after his long, self-imposed European exile. The narrator of Burr has come home to recoup a lost fortune by arranging a suitable marriage for his beautiful daughter, the widowed Princess d'Agrigente, and by ingratiating himself with Samuel Tilden, the favored presidential candidate in the centennial year. With these ambitions and with their own abundant charms, Schuyler and his daughter soon find themselves at the centers of American social and political power at a time when the fading ideals of the young republic were being replaced by the excitement of empire.
------"A glorious piece of writing," said Jimmy Breslin in Harper's. "Vidal can take history and make it powerful and astonishing." Time concurred: "Vidal has no peers at breathing movement and laughter into the historical past."
------With a new Introduction by the author.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (February 1, 1976)
9780394497501 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Returning to America after his long European sojourn, Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, and Charlie's widowed daughter seek financial and political advancement in the Centennial power centers, as republican idealism is giving way to imperial expediency
About: Returning to America after his long European sojourn, Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, and Charlie's widowed daughter seek financial and political advancement in the Centennial power centers, as republican idealism is giving way to imperial expediency
Paperback
from Vintage Books (February 1, 2000)
9780375708725 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Returning to America after his long European sojourn, Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, and Charlie's widowed daughter seek financial and political advancement in the centennial power centers, as republican idealism is giving way to imperial expediency.
About: Returning to America after his long European sojourn, Charlie Schuyler, Aaron Burr's unacknowledged son, and Charlie's widowed daughter seek financial and political advancement in the centennial power centers, as republican idealism is giving way to imperial expediency.
With Michael Kemper (other contributor), Artemy M. Kalinovsky (other contributor) |
Reissue edition from Ballantine Books (September 1, 1993)
9780345346261 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War
About: "Vidal is superb!
This edition also contains Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War
About: "Vidal is superb!
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 26, 2008)
9781439500743 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year.
About: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The third volume of Gore Vidal's magnificent series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 chronicles the political scandals and dark intrigues that rocked the United States in its centennial year.
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