The patriots : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America
by
Groom, Winston, 1944-2020, author.
Title
:
The patriots : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America
Alternate title
:
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America
Author
:
Groom, Winston, 1944-2020, author.
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description
:
415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Genre
:
Biographies.
Personal Subject
:
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Subject Term
:
Statesmen -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- Biography.
Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
Publisher
:
National Geographic,
Publication Date
:
2020
ISBN
:
9781426221491
Publication Information
:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2020]
Call Number
:
973.3 GROOM
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