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"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" gives readers Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history.
2) John Adams
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English
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Profiles John Adams, an influential patriot during the American Revolution who became the nation's first vice president and second president.
"In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second president of the United States...
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From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders–Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams. He casts an incisive eye on the founders’...
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Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all." Few figures...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
16) John Adams
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Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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"Provides comprehensive information on President John Adams and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded"--Provided by publisher.
17) Writings
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Library of America volume 91
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
c1997
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English
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A profile of the founding father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury discusses the challenges he faced as a man from a different culture, his Revolutionary War contributions, and his role in shaping a fledgling America.
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