{"product_id":"a-country-with-no-name-tales-from-the-constitution-paperback","title":"A Country with No Name: Tales from the Constitution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastian de Grazia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an imaginative and masterful work of history, Pulitzer Prize-winner Sebastian de Grazia has created two memorable characters. Nineteen-year-old Oliver Huggins is in for the tutorial of his life. For twelve afternoons, Claire St. John, a beguiling British graduate student, will reveal to him the untold story of American Constitutional history. Her means: the Socratic method. Her message: that the Constitution was itself unconstitutional, and that its authors' inability to choose a name for the republic muddied the document's meaning for the future ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these \"tutorials\" de Grazia passes in review our most revered heroes--Jefferson, Washington, Marshall, Lincoln, and Thoreau--revealing the complexity of their characters. St. John's unsettling tales arouse more in her disciple than intellectual curiosity. Their relationship unrolls in so humorous and seductive a way that only a musty academic could object. Satirical, intelligent, and sure-handed, \u003ci\u003eA Country with No Name\u003c\/i\u003e combines history and literature, politics and law to reinvigorate our best traditions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastian de Grazia \u003c\/b\u003e(1917-2001) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author from Chicago. His published works include \u003ci\u003eA Country with No Name: Tales from the Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOf Time, Work, and Leisure. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.5 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737257775167,"sku":"9780679744221","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5277016849db8948d6acf67f56bd19a4.webp?v=1765149338","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-country-with-no-name-tales-from-the-constitution-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}