1816
Subtitle: America Rising
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780813122717
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American studies; c 1800 to c 1900; National characteristics, American; U.S. History - Constitutional Period To Civil War (1789-1860); History - U.S.; United States; History: American; USA; Political culture; United States - 19th Century; History; War of 1812; 1809-1817; 19th century; Politics and government
First sentence: "We have had the most extraordinary year of drought and cold ever known in the history of America,"Thomas Jefferson wrote on September 8, 1816, to his old friend and political collaborator, Albert Gallatin, who was then serving as the United States Minister to France.