The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers / Thomas Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Thomas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Founding Fathers of the United States--Biography.

Founding Fathers of the United States.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Politics and government.

Conduct of life.

Statesmen--Family relationships.

United States.

Statesmen--Family relationships--United States.

Statesmen--United States--Conduct of life.

United States--Politics and government--18th century--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Smithsonian Books, [2009]

Summary:

An intimate look at the founders--George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison--and the women who played essential roles in their lives.

Contents:

GEORGE WASHINGTON: The agonies of honor

Partner in love and life

From great to somebody to Lady Washington

The other George Washington scandals

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: The sins of the father

The oldest revolultionary

"Mon Cher" papa

JOHN ADAMS: An amorous puritan finds a wife

Portia's dubious diplomat

Second banana blues

Party of two

Remembering some other ladies

ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Bastard son and wary lover

The woman in the middle

Love's secret triumph

THOMAS JEFFERSON: Romantic voyager

The traumas of happiness

Head versus heart

The wages of fame

If Jefferson is wrong, is America wrong?

JAMES MADISON: A shy genius makes a conquest

Partners in fame

How to save a country

The erosion of Jefferson's image in the American mind.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780061139123

0061139122

OCLC:

310399287