<div>In <i>The American Revelation</i>, Neil Baldwin, one of our most exciting and provocative intellectual historians, applies his formidable energies to the story of how the American Spirit developed over four centuries, through an inspiring--and unsparing--examination of selected ideals that have helped inform our culture through the vivid personalities who set the course.  <br> <br>Figures both familiar and forgotten illuminate this timely narrative of popular history that enlivens the current debate about America's proper role in a turbulent post-9/11 world.  Though an ideal may have been forgotten, that does not mean it no longer has the power to move us and shape our future.<br> <br>Exuberant and lively, <i>The American</i> <i>Revelation</i> will inspire all readers, regardless of their politics, to revisit and revalue our country's high-minded heritage.</div>