United States: Essays 1952–1992
A compilation of 114 classic essays from Gore Vidal. From the age of Eisenhower to the dawning of the Clinton era, Gore Vidal's United States offers an incomparably rich tapestry of American intellectual and political life in a tumultuous period. It also provides the best, most sustained exposure possible to the most wide-ranging, acute, and original literary intelligence of the post–World War II years.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Crown
- Year
- 2018
- ISBN-13
- 9781984823953
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Topics
- American literature and culturePolitics and societyLiterary criticism
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1993)
Other awarded books from Gore Vidal
- Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship
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