America afire : Jefferson, Adams, and the revolutionary election of 1800 / Bernard A. Weisberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922-2024.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, John.

Presidents--United States--Election--1800.

Presidents.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1797-1801.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vi, 345 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Jefferson, Adams, and the revolutionary election of 1800

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, 2000.

Summary:

"America Afire" is the extraordinary account of how American politics was born--a riveting history full of colorful, real-life characters, remarkable events, riots, duplicities, and brazen manipulations that almost resulted in the scrapping of the Constitution.

Contents:

Prologue: Washington, D.C., Inauguration Day, 1801 1

Part I Discords of an Unfinished Nation

Chapter 1 Philadelphia, Summer 1787 13

Chapter 2 The Nation in 1790 29

Part II Personalities, Places, and Domestic Discord, 1789-1794

Chapter 3 Washington's Hopeful First Term 43

Chapter 4 The Curse of Faction 66

Chapter 5 Mr. Burr Launches a Machine 83

Chapter 6 Wedges of Sectionalism 101

Part III War Abroad, Politics at Home, 1793-1796

Chapter 7 Terror, Turmoil, and Citizen Genet 119

Chapter 8 John Jay's Divisive Treaty, 1794-1795 138

Chapter 9 Jefferson and Adams's First Round, 1796 160

Part IV Toward Disunion, 1797-1800

Chapter 10 X, Y, Z, and the French Connection, 1798 173

Chapter 11 Gagging the Press, 1798 200

Part V Campaign and Conscience, 1800-1801

Chapter 12 The Climax and the Drawn Battle of 1800 227

Chapter 13 The Crossroads of February 1801 258

Chapter 14 The Republican President 278

Epilogue: Aftermath and Echoes 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-326) and index.

ISBN:

038097763X

OCLC:

45168317