Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation / by Joseph J. Ellis
- Bib ID:
- 2412370
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ellis, Joseph J
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000
- xi, 288 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0375405445 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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"A study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic - John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.".
"Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slaves - his last public act - and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-278) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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