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Revolutionary Characters - by  Gordon S Wood (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Revolutionary Characters - by Gordon S Wood (Paperback)

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  • A New York Times bestseller!
  • About the Author: Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University.
  • 336 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Historical

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About the Book



From "the most respected among all scholars of the colonial and Revolutionary periods"--"Washington Post World," comes a marvelous group portrait of the Founding Fathers, rich with insight into what shaped these particular men.



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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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"Of those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best." --The Philadelphia Inquirer



About the Author



Gordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. His books have received the Pulitzer, Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes, as well as a National Book Award nomination and the New York Historical Society Prize in American History. They include Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, Revolutionary Characters, The Purpose of the Past, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, and The Idea of America.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.44 Inches (H) x 5.52 Inches (W) x .73 Inches (D)
Weight: .68 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Gordon S Wood
Language: English
Street Date: June 1, 2007
TCIN: 90442329
UPC: 9780143112082
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-1513
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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