In this masterful narrative, Winston Groom brings his signature
storytelling panache to the tale of our nation's most fascinating
founding fathers--Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and John
Adams--painting a vivid picture of the improbable events, bold ideas,
and extraordinary characters who created the United States of America.
When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous
problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast,
newly independent country. Three key founding fathers played significant
roles: John Adams, the brilliant, dour New Englander; Thomas Jefferson,
the aristocratic Southern renaissance man; and Alexander Hamilton, an
immigrant from the Caribbean island of Nevis. In this riveting
narrative, best-selling author Winston Groom illuminates these men as
the patriots fundamentally responsible for the ideas that shaped the
emerging United States. Their lives could not have been more different,
and their relationships with each other were often rife with animosity.
And yet they 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. The time in
which they lived was fraught with danger, and their achievements were
strained by vast antagonisms that recall the intense political
polarization of today. But through it all, they managed to shoulder the
heavy mantle of creating the United States of America, putting aside
their differences to make a great country. Drawing on extensive
correspondence, Groom shares the remarkable story of the beginnings of
our great nation.
