The patriots : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America /
When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and p...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
[2020]
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| Summary: | When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different. Their relationships with each other were complex and often rife with animosity. And yet these three men led the charge, two of them creating and signing the Declaration of Independence, and the third establishing a national treasury and the earliest delineation of a Republican party. They managed to shoulder the heavy mantle of creating the United States of America, putting aside their differences to make a great country, once and always. Drawing on extensive correspondence, epic tales of war and rich histories of their day-to-day interactions, Winston Groom shares the remarkable story of the beginnings of our great nation. |
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| Physical Description: | 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781426221491 1426221495 |