America Afire
Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election
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88,000 words, Guess
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352 pages
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- Internet Archiveamericaafirejeff00weis
- ISBN-100380806517
- ISBN-139780380806515
- Goodreads587490
- Better World Books9780380806515
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- Open LibraryOL7435364M
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"America Afire is the powerful story of the election of 1800, arguably the most important election in America's history and certainly one of the most hotly disputed. American self-government was still an endangered experiment seventeen years after the War of Independence had been won. As 1800 dawned, the sacrifices and fraternity of "the spirit of '76" had vanished, replaced by bitter and angry rivalries. Former Allies Adams and Jefferson, president and vice president, now Federalist versus Republican, squared off in a vicious contest to win the fourth presidential election under the Constitution.". "Ultimately, the surprise is not that problems arose, but that the United States emerged from them a stronger nation. For when Adams stepped down from the presidency peacefully in 1801, it was the first time in modern history that a leader had voluntarily turned over power to his political enemy. This was truly a revolution and a triumph for democracy "made in America.""--BOOK JACKET.
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