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Authors: Jr. Seymour Morris
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Vipperman, Carl J.
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The Presidency of Martin Van Buren.
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787.
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S
eymour Morris Jr.
is an international business entrepreneur and former head of corporate communications for the world’s largest management consulting firm. Living abroad for the past twelve years, interviewing foreign students for Harvard University, forced him to see his country as an outsider and compelled him to examine American history from a fresh perspective. He holds a degree in American history from Harvard and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives in New York City and Connecticut with his wife.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Morris, Seymour, Jr.
American history revised: 200 startling facts that never made it into the textbooks /
Seymour Morris, Jr.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. United States—History—Miscellanea. I. Title.
E179.M85 2009
973—dc22
2009023317
eISBN: 978-0-307-58761-9
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