Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
$37.34
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2007
Summary
“Of those writing about the founding fathers, Gordon Wood is quite simply the best.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143112082 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143112082 |
| Author: | Gordon S. Wood |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Shrewdly argued … powerful. (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
“Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
About The Author
Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. His books have received the Pulitzer, Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes, as well as a National Book Award nomination and the New York Historical Society Prize in American History. They include Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, Revolutionary Characters, The Purpose of the Past, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, and The Idea of America.
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