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The Great divide : the conflict between Washington and Jefferson that defined a nation / Thomas Fleming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleming, Thomas J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
- Political leadership--United States.
- Political leadership.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
- Contents:
- The Man Who Lived Dangerously
- The Man Who Loved to Legislate-But Hated to Govern
- Should This Constitution be Ratified?
- The President and His Partner Begin Making History
- The Birth of an Ideologue
- The President Takes Charge
- The Secretary of State from Paris
- Mr. Jefferson Wins a Victory That He Soon Regrets
- From Disagreements to the First Divide
- When Best-Laid Plans Go Wrong
- The President-and Secretary of State-Make Up Their Minds
- The Problems of the Secretary of State's Polar Star
- Can America Remain Neutral in a Warring World?
- Challenging Old Man Washington
- The Secretary of State Calls It Quits
- Shooting Wars Loom on Several Doorsteps
- Will Whiskey Rebels Unravel the Union?
- A Master Politician Takes Charge
- The End of Three Friendships
- A Very Political Farewell
- Martha Washington Sends a Message
- The Vice President as Party Boss
- The Ultimate Divide
- The Death That Changed Everything
- The Race to Make the Vice First
- The UnWashington President in His Federal Village
- How a Mosquito Rescued Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
- An Empire vs. A Constitution
- The Voters Speak the Language of Praise
- The Improbably Failures of a Triumphant Second Term
- The President vs. The Chief Justice
- The Final Defeat of an UnWashington President
- The Transformation of James Madison
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Reproduction of (manifestation): Fleming, Thomas J. Great divide.
- ISBN:
- 9780306821271
- 0306821273
- OCLC:
- 880889261
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