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The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2015 • English

The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction

By R. B. Bernstein

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About the book

The Founding Fathers is a concise, accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "the Founding Fathers"-who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "philosopher-kings" as American or world history has ever seen. R. B. Bernstein reveals Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, and the other founders not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings-people much like us-who nevertheless achiev...Show more

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9780190273514

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Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction

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Paperback

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