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An edition of Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different (2006)

Revolutionary characters

what made the founders different

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A series of studies of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers. Each life is considered in the round, but the thread that binds the work together is the idea of character as a lived reality for these men. For these were men, Wood shows, who took the matter of character very seriously. They were the first generation in history that was self-consciously self-made, men who considered the arc of lives, as of nations, as being one of moral progress. They saw themselves as comprising the world's first meritocracy, as opposed to the decadent Old World aristocracy of inherited wealth and station. Historian Wood's accomplishment here is to bring these men and their times down to earth and within our reach, showing us just who they were and what drove them, and that the virtues they defined for themselves are the virtues we aspire to still. -- From publisher description.

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Penguin Press
Language
English
Pages
321

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Biography Politics and government Revolutionaries History Statesmen New York Times reviewed Hommes d'État Biographies Révolutionnaires Histoire Politique et gouvernement Founding fathers Regierung Biographie Geschichte USA Government USA Revolutionaries, united states Statesmen, united states United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, biography United states, politics and government, 1775-1783

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1775-1783 Revolution, 1775-1783
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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
May 29, 2007, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Revolutionary characters: what made the founders different
2006, Penguin Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.3092/2, B
Library of Congress
E302.5 .W82 2006, E302.5.W82 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
321

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3430497M
ISBN 10
1594200939
LCCN
2005055524
OCLC/WorldCat
62290624
LibraryThing
951568
Goodreads
3113

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2737448W

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AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS, or the founders, as our antipatriarchal climate now prefers, have a special significance for Americans.
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