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The Resource Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood

Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood

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"Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and writ large in the nation, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond. But late in life, something remarkable happened: these two men were nudged into reconciliation. What started as a grudging trickle of correspondence became a great flood, and a friendship was rekindled, over the course of hundreds of letters. In their final years they were the last surviving founding fathers and cherished their role in this mighty young republic as it approached the half century mark in 1826. ... Arguably no relationship in this country's history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Gordon Wood has more than done justice to these entwined lives and their meaning; he has written a magnificent new addition to America's collective story."--Dust jacket flaps
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue: The eulogies
  • Contrasts
  • Careers, wives, and other women
  • The imperial crisis
  • Independence
  • Missions abroad
  • Constitutions
  • The French Revolution
  • Federalists and Republicans
  • The President vs. the Vice President
  • The Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800
  • Reconciliation
  • The great reversal
  • The national jubilee
Isbn
9780735224711
Instance
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Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Title
Friends divided
Title remainder
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Statement of responsibility
Gordon S. Wood
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and writ large in the nation, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond. But late in life, something remarkable happened: these two men were nudged into reconciliation. What started as a grudging trickle of correspondence became a great flood, and a friendship was rekindled, over the course of hundreds of letters. In their final years they were the last surviving founding fathers and cherished their role in this mighty young republic as it approached the half century mark in 1826. ... Arguably no relationship in this country's history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Gordon Wood has more than done justice to these entwined lives and their meaning; he has written a magnificent new addition to America's collective story."--Dust jacket flaps
Biography type
collective biography
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Wood, Gordon S
Dewey number
973.3092/2
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E332.2
LC item number
.W65 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Adams, John
  • Adams, John
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Adams, John
  • Presidents
  • Founding Fathers of the United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
  • Founding Fathers of the United States
  • Friendship
  • Politics and government
  • Presidents
  • United States
  • Presidents
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
Label
Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-484) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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  • still image
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  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The eulogies -- Contrasts -- Careers, wives, and other women -- The imperial crisis -- Independence -- Missions abroad -- Constitutions -- The French Revolution -- Federalists and Republicans -- The President vs. the Vice President -- The Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800 -- Reconciliation -- The great reversal -- The national jubilee
Control code
ocn973087458
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780735224711
Lccn
2017025116
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)973087458
Label
Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-484) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The eulogies -- Contrasts -- Careers, wives, and other women -- The imperial crisis -- Independence -- Missions abroad -- Constitutions -- The French Revolution -- Federalists and Republicans -- The President vs. the Vice President -- The Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800 -- Reconciliation -- The great reversal -- The national jubilee
Control code
ocn973087458
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780735224711
Lccn
2017025116
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)973087458

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