PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A landmark work
of history explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed
individuals--Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and
Madison--confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the
course for our nation.
"A splendid book--humane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a
calm intelligence and wit." --The New York Times Book Review
The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During
the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers--re-examined here as
Founding Brothers--combined the ideals of the Declaration of
Independence with the content of the Constitution to create the
practical workings of our government. Through an analysis of six
fascinating episodes--Hamilton and Burr's deadly duel, Washington's
precedent-setting Farewell Address, Adams' administration and political
partnership with his wife, the debate about where to place the capital,
Franklin's attempt to force Congress to confront the issue of slavery
and Madison's attempts to block him, and Jefferson and Adams' famous
correspondence--Founding Brothers brings to life the vital issues and
personalities from the most important decade in our nation's history.*
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