Description: A New York Times bestseller! "Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best." —The Philadelphia Inquirer In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine, is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress.
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Book Title: Revolutionary Characters : What Made the Founders Different
Book Series: Wood
Original Language: English
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Features: Dust Jacket
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, Political, United States / General
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: 2006
Publication Year: 2006
Type: History
Era: 18th century
Author: Gordon S. Wood
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
