The results are still pending, but we can at least learn from our past to build a stronger, more just nation. Can a people, united by a shared history, govern themselves with justice and liberty for all? Or does our rhetoric fall short of reality, and will our interpretation of history lead us down the wrong path? Jill Lepore frames the United States as an experiment that is ongoing. It’s a history of our aspirations and our failures, of our hopes and our fears, and of our camaraderie in the face of danger and our division in the face of despair. These Truths is an epic, breathtaking history of our nation.
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