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Gore Vidal
Author
Description
"Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers of American life and history, turns his immense literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson."
"In Inventing a Nation, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls, and the salons of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and...
2) Messiah
Author
Formats
Description
When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.
20) Lincoln
Publisher
Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The story of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War years. It recreates the climate of a country divided against itself as the President struggled to guide the nation and confront his family tragedies.
