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Wednesday’s Book Review: “An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson”
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson. By Andro Linklater. New York: Walker and Co., 2009. One of the nation’s hallmark beliefs, bequeathed to the citizens of the United States by the founders, is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Andro Linklater, Burr Conspiracy, Founding Fathers, Frederick Jackson Turner, George Washington, John Adams, Louisiana Conspiracy, Louisiana Purchase, m James Wilkinson, M.R. Werner, Revolutionary War, Robert Leckie, The Admirable Trumpeter, Thomas Jefferson
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Wednesday’s Book Review: “Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different”
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different. By Gordon S. Wood. New York: Penguin Press, 2006. This book is an engrossing account of the formation of the United States by one of the most sophisticated and celebrated historians of our … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged presidential power, American Revolution, History, public perceptions, Gordon S. Wood, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Founding Fathers, George Washington, James Madison, united states, politics, Richard Brookhiser, David McCullough, John Adams, Enlightenment, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Hutchinson, John Dickinson, Tom Paine, Aaron Burr, early national period
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