Sean Wilentz
Sean Wilentz is a professor of American history at Princeton University. He is the author of The Age of Reagan and The Rise of American Democracy , which received the coveted Bancroft Prize. The historian-in-residence for Bob Dylan's official Website, he has also received a Deems Taylor Award for musical commentary and a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to Bootleg Series , Vol. 6: Bob Dylan, Live 1964: The Concert at Philharmonic Hall .
Sean Wilentz is a professor of American history at Princeton University. He is the author of The Age of Reagan and The Rise of American Democracy , which received the coveted Bancroft Prize. The historian-in-residence for Bob Dylan's official Website, he has also received a Deems Taylor Award for musical commentary and a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to Bootleg Series , Vol. 6: Bob Dylan, Live 1964: The Concert at Philharmonic Hall . See less
Sean Wilentz's Featured Books
Sean Wilentz book reviews
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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
Sean Wilentz On American Democracy
In "The Rise of American Democracy" (2005) Sean Wilentz has written a sweeping study of pre-Civil War United States. His study explores the long-standing tensions in early America which led to the ... Read More
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William Howard Taft: The American Presidents Series: The 27th President, 1909-1913
William H. Taft In The American Presidents Series
Founded by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, the American Presidents Series aims, in Schlesinger's words "to present the grand panorama of our chief executives in volumes compact enough for the busy reader, ... Read More
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Bob Dylan in America
Uneven, but worth reading for Dylan fans
Readers who aren't diehard Bob Dylan fans may not enjoy this book as much as we true believers. At times, the book bogs down in too much scholarship about the obscure histories of songs alluded to in ... Read More
