Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
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502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographcial references (pages 437-484) and index.
Description
From the great historian of the American Revolution, NYT-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slaveowner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and in the nation writ large, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wood, G. S. (2017). Friends divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson . Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S. 2017. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Penguin Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Penguin Press, 2017.
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