Something That Will Surprise the World The Essential Writings of the Founding Fathers

Name: Something That Will Surprise the World The Essential Writings of the Founding Fathers
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ISBN: 9780465017805

ISBN-10: 0465017800

ISBN-13: 9780465017805

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Authors: Susan Dunn

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The Founding Fathers--Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Madison. Subjects of seemingly infinite biographies, they are rarely allowed to speak to us in their own words. But it was their words that mattered most to them. As James Madison once wrote, "the biography of an author must be a history of his writings." Here, finally, these towering figures come together in one volume --in conversation with each other, and with us. The Founders were thinking revolutionaries--they read, questioned, debated, and, most of all, wrote. They theorized about government and political institutions; considered the problem of parties and factions; and reflected on religion and education. In this volume,…

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List price: $17.95
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 1/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English

Susan Dunn is a professor of French literature and the history of ideas at Williams College. She is the author most recently of The Death of Louis XIV: Regicide & the French political Imagination. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.



Foreword



Introduction



George Washington, 1732-1799


Introduction


Texts


Alexander Hamilton, 1755-1804


Introduction


Texts


John Adams, 1735-1826


Introduction


Texts


Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826


Introduction


Texts


James Madison, 1751-1836


Introduction


Texts


Chronologies


George Washington


Alexander Hamilton


John Adams


Thomas Jefferson


James Madison


Notes


Sources


Index