Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
(Audiobook CD)
Author
Contributors
Lurie, James, narrator.
Published
[New York] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2017].
ISBN
9780525498322, 052549832X
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Audiobooks | CD (BK.) 973.3092 WOO | On Shelf |
Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | AUDIOBOOK 973.4 WOO | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Audiobooks.
Biographies.
Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Sound recordings.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
Audiobooks.
Biographies.
Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Sound recordings.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
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Published
[New York] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2017].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
14 audio discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525498322, 052549832X
UPC
9780525498322
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by James Lurie.
Description
This biography details the initial friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and how it dissolved into rivalry as they became the leaders of America's first political parties.
Description
"Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and writ large in the nation, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond. But late in life, something remarkable happened: these two men were nudged into reconciliation. What started as a grudging trickle of correspondence became a great flood, and a friendship was rekindled, over the course of hundreds of letters. In their final years they were the last surviving founding fathers and cherished their role in this mighty young republic as it approached the half century mark in 1826. ... Arguably no relationship in this country's history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Gordon Wood has more than done justice to these entwined lives and their meaning; he has written a magnificent new addition to America's collective story."--Dust jacket of hardcover.
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AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wood, G. S., & Lurie, J. (2017). Friends divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (Unabridged.). Penguin Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S and James, Lurie. 2017. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Penguin Random House Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S and James, Lurie. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Penguin Random House Audio, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wood, Gordon S., and James Lurie. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Unabridged., Penguin Random House Audio, 2017.
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