Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

An authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams's leadership and legacy defined the office for those who followed and ensured the survival of the American republic.

The United States of 1797 faced enormous challenges, provoked by enemies foreign and domestic. The father of the new nation, George Washington, left his vice president, John Adams, with relatively little guidance and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197653847
• ISBN13: 9780197653845
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"