Bibliograph

Founding brothers, Joseph J. Ellis

Type

Label

Founding brothers, Joseph J. Ellis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Founding brothers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45784154

Responsibility statement

Joseph J. Ellis

Series statement

Compass Press large print book series

Summary

Ellis focuses on six discrete moments exemplifying crucial issues facing the new nation: Burr and Hamilton's duel, and what may really have 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 slavery--and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adam'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

resource.variantTitle

Revolutionary generation

Classification