Lepore has written the most honest accounting of our country's history that I've ever read.--Bill Gates

It isn't until you start reading it that you realize how much we need a book like this one at this particular moment.... Brilliant.--Andrew Sullivan "New York Times Book Review"

[These Truths] captures the fullness of the past, where hope rises out of despair, renewal out of destruction, and forward momentum out of setbacks.--Jack E. Davis "Chicago Tribune"

It is the story of a nation, multiracial at its founding, and those who sought to find ways to realize 'these truths.'--John S. Gardner "Guardian"

This sweeping, sobering account of the American past is a story not of relentless progress but of conflict and contradiction, with crosscurrents of reason and faith, black and white, immigrant and native, industry and agriculture rippling through a narrative that is far from completion.-- "New York Times Book Review"

[Lepore's] one-volume history is elegant, readable, sobering; it extends a steadying hand when a breakneck news cycle lurches from one event to another, confounding minds and churning stomachs.--Jennifer Szalai "New York Times"

Those devoted to an honest reckoning with America's past have their work cut out for them. Lepore's book is a good place to start.--H. W. Brands "Washington Post"

Sweeping and propulsive.--Boris Kachka "Vulture"

In her epic new work, Jill Lepore helps us learn from whence we came.--Natalie Beach "O, Oprah Magazine"

Gripping, moving, and beautifully written.--Evan Thomas "Boston Globe"

A splendid rendering--filled with triumph, tragedy, and hope--that will please Lepore's readers immensely and win her many new ones.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Pub date: 2019-10-01

Length: 960 pages