Bibliograph

The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Fleming

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Label

The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Fleming

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

310399287

Responsibility statement

Thomas Fleming

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

Table Of 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

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