Founders
Subtitle: The People Who Brought You a Nation
By: [by] Ray Raphael.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W. W. Norton
Published: May 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9781595583277
Subjects: Revolutionaries -- United States -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: We know them well: Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, and Madison -- an intimate coterie of daring, brilliant men widely credited with our nation's founding. But can this small group tell the whole story? By expanding the historical canvass and broadening the cast of characters, celebrated author Ray Raphael reveals a more thrilling storyline than any textbook version.

Founders brings to life seven dynamic historical figures whose stories anchor a sweeping yet intimate history of the entire Founding Era, from the beginnings of unrest in 1761 through the passage of the Bill of Rights thirty years later. Here we follow the intertwined lives of George Washington and a private soldier in his army. America's richest merchant, who rescued the nation from bankruptcy, goes head to head with a peripatetic revolutionary who incited rebellion in seven states. Rounding out the company is a richly nuanced cast that includes a common village blacksmith, a conservative slave owner with an abolitionist son, and Mercy Otis Warren, the most politically engaged woman of the time.

A master narrative with unprecedented historical scope, Founders will forever change our image of this most crucial moment in America's past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Act I
title: Resistance
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: Facing East and West
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 2
title: Liberty and Property -- And No Stamps!
pagenum: 32; label: Chapter 3
title: A Perfect Sense of Their Rights
pagenum: 51; label: Chapter 4
title: A Violent Turn
pagenum: 76; label: Chapter 5
title: Politics and Tea
pagenum: 102; label: Act II
title: Revolution
pagenum: 125; label: Chapter 6
title: The first American Revolution
pagenum: 127; label: Chapter 7
title: Going Continental
pagenum: 154; label: Chapter 8
title: Blows Must Decide
pagenum: 168; label: Chapter 9
title: Rage Militaire
pagenum: 187; label: Chapter 10
title: Liberty for All?
pagenum: 216; label: Chapter 11
title: Independence
pagenum: 234; label: Act III
title: War
pagenum: 261; label: Chapter 12
title: Battle Lines
pagenum: 263; label: Chapter 13
title: Home Rule -- First Drafts
pagenum: 292; label: Chapter 14
title: In Victory and Defeat
pagenum: 311; label: Chapter 15
title: Falling Apart
pagenum: 336; label: Chapter 16
title: Endgame
pagenum: 369; label: Act IV
title: Nation
pagenum: 397; label: Chapter 17
title: Settling Up
pagenum: 399; label: Chapter 18
title: Desires and Discontents
pagenum: 419; label: Chapter 19
title: New Rules
pagenum: 444; label: Chapter 20
title: Lives and Legacies
pagenum: 493