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The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Penguin Group Inc. 2003; US$ 17.00The Letters of John and Abigail Adams provide an insightful record of American life before, during, and after the Revolution; they also reveal the intellectually and emotionally fulfilling relationship between John and Abigail that lasted fifty-four years and withstood historical upheavals, long periods apart, and personal tragedies. Covering key... more...
Abigail and John Adams
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 19.50During the many years that they were separated by the perils of the American Revolution, John and Abigail Adams exchanged hundreds of letters. Writing to each other of public events and private feelings, loyalty and love, revolution and parenting, they wove a tapestry of correspondence that has become a cherished part of American history and literature.... more...
The Libraries, Leadership, and Legacy of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Fulcrum Publishing 2010; US$ 35.00A lively and informative collection of essays from some of today's premier historians of Adams and Jefferson, celebrating these two founding fathers and the importance of books and libraries in America. more...
Meet Thomas Jefferson
Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 4.99When Thomas Jefferson was young, Virginia was still a colony of England. Jefferson thought that many English laws and taxes were unfair, so he studied hard to become a lawyer and help make better laws. Soon he and others came to believe that the colonies should become a new country, and Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.... more...
Thomas Jefferson
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 19.99Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as... more...
George Washington On Leadership
Basic Books 2009; US$ 16.00In 1799, at the end of George Washington?s long life and illustrious career, the politician Henry Lee eulogized him as: ?First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.? Esteemed historian Richard Brookhiser now adds to this list, ?First in leadership,? examining the lessons to be learned from our first president, first commander-in-chief,... more...
Toussaint's Clause
University Press of Mississippi 2005; US$ 40.00In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810, the disagreement reverberated far beyond Caribbean waters... more...
America on the Brink
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 39.95Many people would be surprised to learn that the struggle between Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party and Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party defined--and jeopardized--the political life of the early American republic. "America on the Brink" looks at why the Federalists, who worked so hard to consolidate the federal government before 1800, went to... more...
Jefferson's Secrets
Basic Books 2006; US$ 15.95Beginning with Jefferson's last days, Burstein shows how Jefferson confronted his own mortality. The result is a profound and nuanced portrait of the most complex of the Founding Fathers. more...
Madison and Jefferson
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 20.00?[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.? ?The Dallas Morning News The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson?s genius overshadowing James Madison?s judgment... more...









