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Democracy: An American Novel

by Henry Adams

1880 · historical fiction · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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Mrs. Lee goes to Washington D.C. to lean about politics by watching the waltzing bears. Then the bears invite her to the dance.

Set in

  • ★
    Washington · United States
    postbellum political society setting
    ★ primary

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