{"product_id":"glorious-lessons-john-trumbull-painter-of-the-american-revolution-9780300283310","title":"Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nuanced, engaging and incisive.\"--Stephen Brumwell, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Succinct, both scholarly and direct. . . . Wonderful art history.\"--Brian T. Allen, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Trumbull (1756-1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand--he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was \"to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man.\" Although Trumbull's contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richard Brookhiser tells Trumbull's story of acclaim and recognition, a story complicated by provincialism, war, a messy personal life, and, ultimately, changing fashion. He shows how the artist's fifty-year project embodied the meaning of American exceptionalism and played a key role in defining the values of the new country. Trumbull depicted the story of self-rule in the modern world--a story as important and as contested today as it was 250 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11786300\"\u003eRichard Brookhiser\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.37w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300283310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300283318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036030\"\u003eUnited States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO001000\"\u003eArtists, Architects, Photographers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Brookhiser\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior editor of \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e and a fellow of the National Review Institute. His books include \u003ci\u003eFounding Father: Rediscovering George Washington\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFounders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48107519181037,"sku":"9780300283310","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_3fa9ba41-dfc3-4440-b633-45671920e46f.jpg?v=1747546699","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/glorious-lessons-john-trumbull-painter-of-the-american-revolution-9780300283310","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}