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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781664447004
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ISBN: 9781664554832
| Runtime: | 11.58 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse. Adams vs. Jefferson is a gripping account of a true turning point in American history, a dramatic struggle between two parties with profoundly different visions of how the nation should be governed.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Ferling is especially adept at revealing the bare-knuckled partisanship
that lay behind this vote, and the maneuvering between Burr and
Federalists in the House of Representatives that might have made Burr
president rather than Jefferson.” —Washington Post
“The tale of Adams and Jefferson is a painful and moving one. They were
friends, then enemies, then friends again over a period of more than fifty years. Ferling does a good job of summing up the similarities that made
their friendship possible as well as the differences destined to drive
them apart.” —Los Angeles Times
“Ferling’s straightforward narrative makes complicated history
accessible to the average reader. He writes with authority, and his
storyteller’s touch makes many of these figures come alive.” —Wilmington News-Journal
“Veteran historian Ferling’s account of one of America’s most
extraordinary political dramas lays bare the historically pugilist
nature of American presidential politics…Ferling’s ultimate triumph is showing that, historically, when faced
with dire circumstances at home and abroad, American democracy has
pulled through.”
—Publishers Weekly
Author
Author Bio: John Ferling
John Ferling is professor emeritus of history at the State University of West Georgia. A leading authority on American Revolutionary history, he has appeared in many documentaries and has written numerous books, including The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon, Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution, and the award-winning A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 11.58 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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