Attribution
by Joseph J. EllisPublication Details
Book1st edAlfred A. Knopf2000Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E302.5 .E45 2000 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
View record in LOLA catalogDescription
An illuminating 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. In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Places in this work
ISBN
- 0375405445
LCCN
Open Library ID
-
- Search
- Search Library Catalog
- Search entire library,
including catalog:
- Search Library Catalog
- Find
- Get Help
- Services
- Information
- My Account
