[PDF.39qx] The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson (Richard Lectures)

The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson (Richard Lectures)

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 | #877472 in Books |  University of Virginia Press |  2005-08-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.50 x.31 x5.12l,.27 | File type: PDF | 96 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent, quick read those studying political philosophy or history|By Penman|Written for the 1976 bicentennial celebration, eminent historian Edmund Wilson
provided brief biographies of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas
Jefferson to illustrate how each president interpreted "independence." The men
differed in their understanding of freedom yet held t| ||With the wit, grace, and sense of irony we have come to expect from him, Morgan seeks to discover 'the meaning of independence' for the Revolutionary generation and indeed, for our own.... Morgan is not only a brilliant historian but a superb storyteller as w

Americans did not at first cherish the idea of political severance from their mother country. In just a few years, however, they came to desire indepen-dence above all else. What brought about this change of feeling and how did it affect the lives of their citizens? To answer these questions, Edmund S. Morgan looks at three men who may fairly be called the "architects of independence," the first presidents of the United States. Anecdotes from their letters and diaries...

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