{"product_id":"revolutionary-characters-what-made-the-founders-different-9780143112082","title":"Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf those writing about the founding fathers, [Gordon Wood] is quite simply the best. --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, What made these men great, and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine, is presented individually as well as collectively, but the thread that binds these portraits together is the idea of character as a lived reality. They were members of the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made men who understood that the arc of lives, as of nations, is one of moral progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway musical \u003cb\u003eHamilton \u003c\/b\u003esparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLook for Gordon's 2017 release, \u003ci\u003eFriends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-543273\"\u003eGordon S. Wood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143112082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143112082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036030\"\u003eUnited States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO010000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGordon S. Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history at Brown University. His 1969 book \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787\u003c\/i\u003e received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes, and was nominated for the National Book Award. His 1992 book \u003ci\u003eThe Radicalism of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize and the Emerson Prize. His 2009 book \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Liberty: \u003ci\u003eA History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2010 New York Historical Society Prize in American History. Wood's other books include \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Americanization of Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFriends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson\u003c\/i\u003e, and he contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42681655525613,"sku":"9780143112082","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a59ab5f4-7206-417b-9843-17af3b0a0606.jpg?v=1649711276","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/revolutionary-characters-what-made-the-founders-different-9780143112082","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}