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Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include The Secret History of Wonder Woman, a national bestseller, and Book of Ages, a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Praise for Jill Lepore - - This vivid history brings alive the contradictions and hypocrisies of the land of the free - The Times A history for the 21st century, far more inclusive than the standard histories of the past - Guardian Monumental ... a crucial work for presenting a fresh and clear-sighted narrative of the entire story ... exciting and page-turningly fascinating, in one of those rare history books that can be read with pleasure for its sheer narrative energy - New Statesman Jill Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style - TLS It isn't until you start reading it that you realise how much we need a book like this one at this particular moment. A big sweeping book, a way for us to take stock at this point in the journey, to look back, to remind us who we are and to point to where we're headed - New York Times This sweeping, sobering account of the American past is a story not of relentless progress but of conflict and contradiction, with crosscurrents of reason and faith, black and white, immigrant and native, industry and agriculture rippling through a narrative that is far from completion - The New York Times Book Review
