Letters from America

Contributor(s): Brown, Frederick (Editor), Tocqueville, Alexis De (Author)

ISBN: 9780300181838

Publisher: Yale University Press

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Pub Date: April 17, 2012

Dewey: 973

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.21" L x 4.95" W ( 0.69 lbs) 304 pages

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A remarkable collection of charming and eloquent letters that contain the seeds of Tocqueville's later masterful account of American democracy

Young Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, c

Review Quotes: Winner of the 2011 Translation Prize given by the French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation--2011 Translation Prize "French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation" (1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)