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[A] period chronicled in vivid and loving detail . . . Plunges readers into a pulsating political culture long vanished * Wall Street Journal, on THE VIRGIN VOTE * An imaginative and suggestive study that places American political history in a broad social context. * American Historical Review, on THE VIRGIN VOTE * As a study of the excitement and larger significance of political engagement in the [19th century], this is the most thoughtful and indeed the best book written in at least a generation. It is also quite a lot of fun. * The Journal of the Civil War Era, on THE VIRGIN VOTE * Fascinating and timely . . . this important book makes clear that we need a modern version of the Wide Awake movement. * Vox, on THE VIRGIN VOTE * In this energetic account of the rise and fall of youthful political engagement in the nineteenth century, Jon Grinspan embraces the narrative zeal of his subjects with his own fast-paced and exuberant writing style. * Journal of Southern History, on THE VIRGIN VOTE *

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Jon Grinspan is Curator of Political History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He is the author of the award-winning The Virgin Vote: How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the 19th Century. He frequently contributes to the New York Times, and has been featured in The New Yorker, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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