Wood, G: Revolutionary Characters

What Made the Founders Different

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A New York Times bestseller! In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine, is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.Look for Gordon's most recent book, Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
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Wood, Gordon S
Titel
Wood, G: Revolutionary Characters
Uitgever
Penguin Random House Sea
Jaar
2007
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
336
Gewicht
295 gr
EAN
9780143112082
Afmetingen
216 x 140 x 19 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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