Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children

Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children

An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of Americaâ€™s most storied families.

Posterity is at once an epistolary chronicle of America and a fascinating glimpse into the hearts and minds of some of historyâ€™s most admired figures and storied families. Spanning more than three centuries, these letters contain enduring lessonsâ€”in life, love, character and compassionâ€”that will surprise and enlighten.

Included here are letters from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter, warning her of the evils of debt; General Patton on D-Day to his son, a cadet at West Point, about what it means to be a good soldier; W.E.B. Du Bois to his daughter about character beneath the color of skin; Oscar Hammerstein about why, after all his success, he doesnâ€™t stop working; Woody Guthrie, writing from a New Jersey asylum, to nine-year-old Arlo about universal human frailty; Eleanor Roosevelt chastising her grown son for his Christmas plans; and Groucho Marx as a dog to his twenty-five-year-old son.

Here are renowned Americans in their own words and in their own times, seen as they were seen by their children. Here are our great Americans as mothers and fathers.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780767909044
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2008-04-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780767909044

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780767909044
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2008-04-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780767909044

Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children

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