Jefferson's America, 1760-1815 - Softcover

Risjord, Norman K.

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9780945612254: Jefferson's America, 1760-1815

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ISBN 10: 0945612257 ISBN 13: 9780945612254

Publisher: Madison Books, Inc, 1991

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A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of biography and social history with military and political history to depict the rich fabric of the young republic.

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I have never found a more readable and suggestive synthesis... We need this fair and insightful introduction to the amazing Revolutionary Era. -- Peter H. Wood, author of Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion

About the Author:

Norman K. Risjord is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a prize-winning teacher for more three decades. He is the author of thirteen books on American history, including a biography of Thomas Jefferson.

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