Wood, Gordon S.

Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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ISBN 13:: 9780735224735
author:: Wood, Gordon S.
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Prentice Hall Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 512
Dimensions:: 14 x 21.4 centimetres (0.43 kg)
Genre:: Biography, Political, History,
Condition:: New
Availability:: Item usually sent within 10 working days

£14.65

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A dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were men from different worlds, with differing temperaments and views on government.

They worked closely together during the revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. However, their profound differences would ultimately lead to a fundamental crisis in their friendship and in the nation as they became the figureheads of two new forces: the first American political parties.

Despite a bitter breach lasting through both men's presidential administrations, their friendship was rekindled over hundreds of letters exchanged in their final years. This remarkable story is told through the lens of their correspondence, offering a unique insight into the lives and relationships of two of America's founding fathers.

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