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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
By Wood, Gordon S.
- ISBN
- 9780735224711 9780735224728
- Publisher
- Penguin Pr.
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Starred Review on October 1, 2017 | Presidential Picks
Both John Adams (1735-1826) and Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) died on the golden jubilee of America's founding, within hours of each other. This well-known story opens Wood's (history, Brown Univ.; The Idea of America) biography of an unlikely friendship that had the power to bring the nation together; yet, one also fraught with an ideological divide that threatened the strength of their relationship. Adams, a middle-class pessimist, was k...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
