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010 _a 99059304
020 _a0375405445 (alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)42980149
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050 0 0 _aE302.5
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082 0 0 _a973.4/092/2
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100 1 _aEllis, Joseph J.
245 1 0 _aFounding brothers :
_bthe revolutionary generation /
_cby Joseph J. Ellis.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2000.
300 _axi, 288 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index.
520 1 _a"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.".
_9bnatoc
520 8 _a"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
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vAnecdotes
650 0 _aStatesmen
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_vAnecdotes.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1783-1815
_vAnecdotes.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1783-1809
_vAnecdotes.
999 _c524291
_d524291