Revolutionary characters : what made the founders different /
Gordon S. Wood.
- New York : Penguin Bks., 2006.
- x, 321 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The founders and the Enlightenment -- The greatness of George Washington -- The invention of Benjamin Franklin -- The trials and tribulations of Thomas Jefferson -- Alexander Hamilton and the making of a fiscal-military state -- Is there a "James Madison problem"? -- The relevance and irrelevance of John Adams -- Thomas Paine, America's first public intellectual -- The real treason of Aaron Burr -- The founders and the creation of modern public opinion
9780143112082 (pbk.)
Statesmen-- United States--Biography. Revolutionaries --United States--Biography.
United States-- History-- Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.