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Virtue, Valor, and Vanity: The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union

Eric Burns

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Description:Washington, Adams, Henry, Jefferson, Franklin, and their ambitions, intrigues, and jealousies shaped the birth of the nation, but they overcame their foibles and imperfections to throw off the chains of tyranny and form a more perfect union. We think of them now as faces on money or statues on pedestals, and, as Burns illustrates in luminous prose, thatOCOs exactly what they always wanted to be. They all possessed astonishing brilliance, but many had large egos and more than just a little vanity, especially John Adams, who never felt he received his public due and often complained in his letters about the unjust fame of his peers. History remembers Patrick Henry as the author of the patriotic call to arms, OC give me liberty, or give me death!OCO but, at the beginning of his life in the public eye, he shamelessly traded integrity for renown.Interest in the founding fathers has never been greater; "Virtue, Valor, and Vanity" presents all of these well-known and oft-quoted men with wisdom and candor. In this fresh, informative work, Burns brings the founding fathers down off their pedestals to reveal the flesh-and-blood menOCovain and modest, sensitive and stubborn, brilliant and ambitiousOCowho attempted to overcome their faults in order to establish a new nation that would be a paragon of governance. For the armchair historian, here is an exciting new look at our countryOCOs origins."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Virtue, Valor, and Vanity: The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union. To get started finding Virtue, Valor, and Vanity: The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Washington, Adams, Henry, Jefferson, Franklin, and their ambitions, intrigues, and jealousies shaped the birth of the nation, but they overcame their foibles and imperfections to throw off the chains of tyranny and form a more perfect union. We think of them now as faces on money or statues on pedestals, and, as Burns illustrates in luminous prose, thatOCOs exactly what they always wanted to be. They all possessed astonishing brilliance, but many had large egos and more than just a little vanity, especially John Adams, who never felt he received his public due and often complained in his letters about the unjust fame of his peers. History remembers Patrick Henry as the author of the patriotic call to arms, OC give me liberty, or give me death!OCO but, at the beginning of his life in the public eye, he shamelessly traded integrity for renown.Interest in the founding fathers has never been greater; "Virtue, Valor, and Vanity" presents all of these well-known and oft-quoted men with wisdom and candor. In this fresh, informative work, Burns brings the founding fathers down off their pedestals to reveal the flesh-and-blood menOCovain and modest, sensitive and stubborn, brilliant and ambitiousOCowho attempted to overcome their faults in order to establish a new nation that would be a paragon of governance. For the armchair historian, here is an exciting new look at our countryOCOs origins."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Virtue, Valor, and Vanity: The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union. To get started finding Virtue, Valor, and Vanity: The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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