
Waking Giant
America in the Age of Jackson
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Arthur Morey
Waking Giant captures the turbulence of a democracy caught in the throes of the slavery controversy, the rise of capitalism, and the birth of urbanization. Reynolds reveals unknown dimensions of the Second Great Awakening with its sects, cults, and self-styled prophets. He brings alive the reformers, abolitionists, and prohibitionists who struggled to correct America's worst social ills. He uncovers the political roots of some of America's greatest authors and artists, from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edgar Allan Poe to Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand, and he re-creates the shocking phenomena that marked the age: bloody duels and violent mobs; Barnum's freaks and all-seeing mesmerists; polygamous prophets and wealthy prostitutes; table-lifting spiritualists and rabble-rousing feminists. All were crucial to the political and social ferment that led to the Civil War. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Waking Giant is a brilliant chronicle of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise.
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"His book will appeal to general history buffs and American studies students. Highly recommended for all public and college libraries." ( Library Journal)
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In multiple places, there’s a mistake in the recording, so that the same phrase repeats several times.
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As a novice in the period, I don't have any opinion about how complete Reynolds' account is. What I CAN say is that it's very well written, competently narrated, and absorbing throughout. The book covers the same period as the Oxford volume “What Hath God Wrought.” While there is certainly more detail in the Oxford volume, I’m not sure there’s significantly more insight. One issue Reynolds addresses head-on and with greater forthrightness is slavery, a subject “What Hath God Wrought” handles, by comparison, almost shyly.
And as always, I love Arthur Morey’s narration.
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