Whiskey Rebellion George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty

Name: Whiskey Rebellion George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty
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ISBN: 9780743254915

ISBN-10: 0743254910

ISBN-13: 9780743254915

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Authors: William Hogeland

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"A tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, The Whiskey Rebellion pits President George Washington and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton against angry, armed settlers across the Appalachians. Unearthing a pungent segment of early American history long ignored by historians, William Hogeland brings to life the rebellion that decisively contributed to the establishment of federal authority. With a look at both Hamilton and Washington - and at lesser-known, equally determined frontier leaders such as Herman Husband and Hugh Henry Brackenridge - William Hogeland offers an account of the remarkable characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it."--BOOK…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 6/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

William Hogeland is author of The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. He lives in New York City.



Prologue: The President, the West, and the Rebellion



Over the Mountains



The Curse of Pulp



Spirits Distilled Within the United States



Herman Husband



The Neville Connection



Tom the Tinker



The Hills Give Light to the Vales



A New Sodom



Talking



The General Goes West



That So-Called Whiskey Rebellion


Notes


Sources


Acknowledgments


Index