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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams

10 best books like The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams (Lester J. Cappon): John Adams, Master of the Senate, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution, Those Rebels, John & Tom, Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library, The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States, President James Buchanan: A Biography

John Adams
AuthorDavid McCullough
ISBN0743223136
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always...
Master of the Senate
AuthorRobert A. Caro
ISBN0394720954
The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro’s life of Lyndon B. Johnson, continues. Master of the Senate takes Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 through 1960, in the United States Senate. Once the most august and revered...
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
AuthorAbigail Adams
ISBN0674026063
In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the 17-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the...
Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters
AuthorThomas Jefferson
Now fully represented in this Library of America volume is the most comprehensive testimony of the writings of our third president and foremost spokesperson for democracy. Thomas Jefferson, a brilliant political thinker, is perhaps best known for the Declaration of Independence, but he was a man...
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
AuthorGordon S. Wood
ISBN0143035282
From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career...
Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
AuthorDon Brown
ISBN1596432667
Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow.

In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat...
Those Rebels, John & Tom
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0545222680
A brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different.

John Adams was short and stout.
Thomas Jefferson was tall and lean.

John was argumentative...
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
AuthorBarb Rosenstock
ISBN1590789326
As soon as Thomas Jefferson learned to read, he found his passion: books, books, and more books! Before, during, and after the American Revolution, Jefferson collected thousands of books on hundreds of subjects. In fact, his massive collection eventually helped rebuild the Library of Congress—now...
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States
AuthorGordon S. Wood
ISBN1594202907
The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.

More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American...
President James Buchanan: A Biography
AuthorPhilip Shriver Klein
ISBN0945707118
The life of James Buchanan is in essence the story of a man who declined to be a dictator. Republics are traditionally ungrateful, and in Buchanan's case the American republic has been notoriously thankless to the man who was, from log cabin to White House, the relentless foe of fanatics and demagogues;...
Samuel Adams: A Life
AuthorIra Stoll
ISBN0743299116
The gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution’s moral compass—Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be remembered. Thomas Jefferson called Samuel Adams “truly the man of the Revolution.” Adams, filled with religious...
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