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Author Ferling, John E.

Title Setting the world ablaze : Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution / John Ferling.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.3 F384    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  973.3 FERLING    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [362]-371) and index.
Summary "Setting the World Ablaze is the story of the three men who, perhaps more than any others, helped bring the United Sates into being: George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Braiding three strands into one narrative, John Ferling brings these American icons down from their pedestals to show them as men of flesh and blood, and gives us a new understanding of the passion and uncertainty of the struggle to form a new nation." "Setting the World Ablaze shows in detail how these conservative men - successful members of the colonial elite - were transformed into radical revolutionaries, and in doing so, it illuminates not just the special genius of these three leaders, but the transformation of His Majesty's colonies into the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents Prologue: "Embarked on a Most Tempestuous Sea" July 1, 1776 XIV -- Part 1 "Distinguished from the Common Run of Men" Children Who were Fathers of the Men -- 1 "The Strong Desire of Distinction" The Vagaries of Youth 2 -- 2 "Getting under Sail" The Decisions of Youth 18 -- 3 "This Desultory Life" Toward Mid-Life 41 -- Part 2 "Fortitude, Vigour, and Perseverance" Waging War and Independence -- 4 "An Epocha in History" Revolutionaries 64 -- 5 "To Ride in This Whirlwind" Independence 92 -- 6 "Turning the Tide of Arms" War and Reform 138 -- Part 3 "It Is Impossible to Exceed This" From Despair to Triumph -- 7 "A Fatal Crisis" The Great Peril, 1778-1780 186 -- 8 "The Womb of Fate" Victory 223 -- 9 "Who Shall Write the History of the American Revolution?" Memory and Meaning 273 -- Epilogue: The "Sword" and "Bulwark" of the American Revolution 296.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
ISBN 0195134095 (acid-free paper)
9780195134094 (acid-free paper)
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