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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- Summary
- "From the great historian of the American Revolution, NYT-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. 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 slaveowner, 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 in the nation writ large, 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- Title
- Friends divided
- Title remainder
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon S. Wood
- Subject
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- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- Biographies
- Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Friends and associates
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the great historian of the American Revolution, NYT-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. 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 slaveowner, 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 in the nation writ large, 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"--
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- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wood, Gordon S
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jefferson, Thomas
- Adams, John
- Presidents
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 502 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735224711
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017025116
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Ownership
- *
- System control number
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- pr01270872
- (CaOWLBI)pr01270872
- 429389
- Label
- Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Gordon S. Wood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 502 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735224711
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2017025116
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Ownership
- *
- System control number
-
- pr01270872
- (CaOWLBI)pr01270872
- 429389
Subject
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 -- Friends and associates
- Biographies
- Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
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