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The Washington Post Kirkus Reviews The New York Times Book Review "A hilarious romp...delightfully funny." -- The Baltimore Sun "Bunin captures the gaudy and often ridiculous characters in this world of 'cowboys and Indians,' bankers and politicians, 'hunters and gatherers'--and the 'holy terror' she created out of her husband's 'violent fury." --Beverly Lowry "Entertaining...It has the charm of an improvisational joke." --The Wall Street Journal "Bunin writes with a good-natured wit." --Entertainment Weekly "Gales of laughter follow as Bunin takes us along on a tour of modern American history." --Newsday "Lots of fun, told in Bunin's inimitable prose." --The San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating...Bunin is at her best as a portraitist." --Los Angeles Times "Bunin paints a portrait of the past in the light of present-day America." --Time Out New York "A loving look at the 'wonderful, odd, extraordinary' world we've inherited from the founders." --New York Daily News "Bunin looks at the founders through a funhouse mirror...with wit, erudition, and humor." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Bunin has a gift for describing the bizarre that is matched by no other writer." --The Wall Street Journal "Bunin brings the past to life so realistically that readers can feel the heat of a campfire with the founders on Martha's Vineyard, the chill of the summer beach with the Marquis de Lafayette or the despair of the winter street with Abe Lincoln." --Chicago Tribune "Bunin proves herself a master of the art." --Entertainment Weekly "Meticulous, wry and a whole lot of fun." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "The author...creates a portrait so memorable that her subject is alive, and very much with us, in print." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Wonderful, vivid, and compelling...Bunin is a perfect poet." --People "She is a gifted storyteller...A pleasure from start to finish." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Bunin is a storyteller with an eye for detail and a nose for scandal. She has an eye for the human comedy, a deft hand with dialogue, and a gift for the telling phrase." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A charming romp that captures the foibles of the country in a time of rapid and fundamental change." --The Seattle Times "This is one of the most hilarious books you will ever read." --Baltimore Sun "A masterpiece...Bunin's book is an exuberant, joyful paean to the democratic experiment." --The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) "The New York Review of Books "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. " --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. " --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. " --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. " --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. " --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining...Bunin proves herself a master of the art. 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